CHAPTER 11
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IT’S STRANGE THAT, not long ago, I was complaining about being alone all the time yet, when I had a chance to change all that, I simply stepped back, too afraid of the consequences that might unfold. Ian had invited me to go out with him, even if he wasn’t interested in me, as a woman. It wasn’t something I could be certain about.
However, every time, the same thing happened and I’d always say no. It wasn’t the first time I’d done it, but it was the first time I’d refused a man for whom I did have real feelings.
All right, now everything was clear in my mind: I was my own enemy and I’d always ruin all my chances.
Maybe, that was why I was already thirty-four years old and I didn’t have a family I could call my own. That was why every evening I returned to an empty
