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"This place is so beautiful," Juliet said as she walked with Alex down to his vacation house... her feet were staring to hurt a bit, so Alex made them sit and rest for a while... he had noticed that something was weighing on her mind... "Is something wrong?" he asked as they were seated and watching the beautiful waves of the ocean... "I keep thinking about the past... sometimes it just hits me like a wave, " She said, a sad smile appearing on her face...."What do you miss about the past that you keep thinking of?" Alex asked, and juliet sighed deeply... "Probably my mom, I went to the beach with her once, and this beach reminds me of her," She said, her heart slowing, starting to ache... "Sometimes I wonder if I would change something if I went back to the past," Juliet said in a low voice as she reminiscences about her time with her mom... but she knew something happened for a reason... would she have met Alex if her mother hadn't passed away? would she have met Alex if she didn't decide to go on a walk that night? would they still have met? she kept wondering... was it fate or coincidence? was there a meeting meant to be? was her she felt about him fate... she wondered... "If you could go back in time, what would you do?" Alex asked, and a sad smile appeared on Lynn's face... her eyes on the waves as it formed... she could smell the sea and the sight before her was a sight to behold... "If I could go back in time?" She repeated, and Alex nodded ... "If I could go back to time to this moment, I would probably tell my mom how much I love her and give her the tightest hug... I wouldn't have acted that way back then, " Lynn said in a low voice as the feeling of melancholia filled her up... the memories of the past flooding her mind... "the last time I went to a beach with my mom, I was a kid, probably twelve or thirteen" She started and Alex listened, he knew this was a sensitive topic for her and he gave her the chance to share it with him... "I was mad at her because a kid had asked about my dad during a fight, and I couldn't say anything because I knew nothing about him... when I came home that day, I asked my mom about him, and she told me she had somewhere to take me to... at first, I had assumed she was taking me to meet him finally, but she brought me here instead... I had been asking her for a few weeks to bring me to the beach, but the time she chose wasn't the right time for. " Juliet rested her head on Alex shoulder and sighed deeply... "She told me my dad was dead while we were staring at such a breathtaking view, and I became more than furious... so I wandered off, and my mom didn't come looking for..." Juliet chuckled a bit when she remembered walking back towards where she had left her room to find her still seated and waiting for her... "When I came back with tears in my eyes. she asked me why I came back and I just Bursted out crying and she consoled me..." She said, and Alex tilted His head to look at her... "Do you know why you came back?" He asked, and juliet nodded... "Yes, at first came. I thought I came back because I was hungry and thirsty and I couldn't find any food, but when she passed away, I think I know why I came back." "Why did you come back?"... "I came back because I knew my mom was the only person I had, and even though I looked really hard, I didn't find anyone else till I met you... I think she knew that too. but wanted me to realise we only had only ourselves back then... I never asked about my dad again after that day, " She said and sighed deeply, and Alex squeezed her hand in support... "You must miss her," Alex muttered, and juliet nodded as tears escaped her eyes... she tried to blink back the tears, but it was hard... "She would have liked you a lot." She thought her tears, and Alex let her cry... he patted her shoulder soothing as she cried her pain out... "Sometimes I wonder if my mother lied to me that day, I always wanted to ask her if she did, but I never did, and I never got the chance to, and I never will..." Juliet said, her eyes filled with tears as she closed her eyes and let the tears fall freely... she couldn't stop thinking about the note her mother left her... it was an address to a place that she was afraid to go to... she was afraid of what or who she was going to find if she did, and she wasn't sure if she was ready to face it... life had a funny way of taunting her... she was expecting a heartfelt letter from her mother but she had been only left with lots of confliction about her life... would she ever have the courage to face it... she didn't want to yet... she wanted to be happy with Alex, and she didn't want anything to disturb her happiness while it lasted... she was afraid that the truth might affect in a way that she couldn't control and it scared her... her eyes slowly fluttered open, and it was met with the breathtaking sunset, while she laid her head on the shoulder of the man she loved... the man who she relied on and was afraid of losing... juliet wasn't sure if she would be able to handle losing anyone else.... Alex made her strong and made her life worth living... she couldn't help falling in love with him...