We cannot criticize past choices from the current height. Besides, I have never felt that I made a mistake. If I were still the same person I was then, I would still make the same choice as I did then, which is to fall in love with you. But I am no longer the same person I used to be. We have missed you since the moment you left, and you are no longer the young man who needs my protection.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.