PROLOGUE

Seth couldn't be more happy. He felt like he was on top of the world. He pulled his suitcase out of the trunk. His mother stood there with wet eyes, bravely trying to hold her tears back. Her baby boy had finally made it big.

"It's alright, mom," he said.
"I'm gonna miss you," she sniffled.
"I'll come home and visit, and you can always fly out to visit us," he said.
"Speaking of," she said. "Where is Sofie?"
"She's coming," he calmed her down. "Don't worry about me, mom. This is what I always wanted."
"WWE," she smiled. "I'm proud of you, Seth. You're gonna take the world by storm."

He hugged her goodbye, and walked inside the airport. He didn't let her know that he was nervous himself. Not because he was leaving. After all, this was his life long dream come true. He was nervous about Sofie. He had offered they'd pick her up on the way, but she had been adamant about going herself. He looked around, but she was nowhere to be seen. He found his phone, but he never got a chance to call her before he heard her voice behind him.

"Seth," she said.
"There you are," he spun around with a smile on his face. "Where's your suitcase?"
"I'm not going," she said.
"Of course you are," his smile faltered. "We're going together. Just like we always talked about."
"I can't," she said.
"You're not serious right now," he said.

He half expected her to start laughing and tell him it was a joke, but nothing happened.

"You are," he said. "Why?"
"My mom," she said.
"Don't you owe it to yourself to start living rather than always taking care of her? It's not like she's your real mom anyway," he said.

He regretted the words as soon as they left him. Her mother was actually a sweet woman, but she was also a sick woman that needed help with almost everything. She had a rare bone disease called osteogenesis imperfecta. Sofie wasn't her biological child. She had been married to a single father, and when cancer took him away, she had kept Sofie.

"I'm gonna ignore that comment because I know it's your anger talking right now," she said.
"I'm sorry," he said. "So you're just gonna stay here then? What happens to us?"

She grabbed his face with her hands, and placed a kiss on his lips. He felt her shiver slightly. Like his mom had done outside, she was trying to hold the tears within. She failed though. She broke the kiss with a sob.

"I love you, Seth, but I'm not gonna hold you back. Go knock them dead, and live your life," she said.
"You're dumping me?" He asked.
"I have to," she said.
"But I love you," he said.
"I know," she said. "And I'll always cherish every moment I had with you, but our journey has to end here. Not because I don't love you, but because I love you too much to keep you chained down."

She blinked, and that was the last time he saw her light brown eyes. She turned around on the spot, and hurried away from him. Her shoulder length, bronze brown hair bounced up and down as she started jogging out of the airport.