I am shaken. It's rare for me to be like this. To be dispirited and pathetic, but he had spoken the words, and now I have begun to believe in them. My stepmother's harsh words all these years have done only little to me, but now Malva's one glare is enough to shatter my heart. How is this possible when I have known him for only a few days? As I walked into the Rose Garden, this question troubled me, but I got no answer to it. Not at all. I am unaware of my environment or where I am heading. Somehow I felt the urge to leave now. Since Malva, who I thought I got, wouldn't be there for me. I should... " She is here! " The loud exclamation suddenly jerked me back to reality, and I looked up at once to see all the Roses rushing towards me, surrounding me at once. I was surprised, left to