The Road I've Traveled

Looking back on the road I've traveled, I feel as battered as a fallen leaf tossed by the cold wind and scalded by hot water, aching all over. The past is too painful to revisit. How much courage does it take to bring up those old memories that once left me sobbing uncontrollably? I wish the choices I made back then could have taken a different turn, but time can never run backward. At least I'm still young, with decades left to start over.

"You're going out again today?"

"My friends are waiting for me!"

"When will you be back?"

"I don't know yet! It depends on what they have planned. Hand me my coat."

"Come back early!"

The door slammed shut, and he was gone. In this eminent, powerful family, he was the heir everyone looked to. From childhood, he had followed his father and learned to manage every family affair. Now he handled the family's business with ease. But who could have imagined that the entire family was on the brink of destruction...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.