"I shouldn't be guilty, but I am. I thought that I would be fine. But I am not," Mother Lin looked at her with a face full of sorrow. "I couldn't - I didn't think about what would have happened, and that's why I am a fool. I rushed ahead like an idiot, and I think it's about time I repent."
"Mother, you don't have to."
Mother Lin shook her head and took Su Wan's hand in hers. "I was wrong. I thought that I loved my son more, and I was right to do what I did, but when I saw you hurt, suffering from fever because of the backlash you suffered. I was hurt. I felt like my heart was breaking in two. I didn't want you to suffer. I can't take back what I did, so I will leave for a while."
Su Wan's eyes widened, and she grasped Mother Lin's hands. She was angry, yes but, "I never said I want you to leave, I -"
