Chapter 20: Even Surrounded by Best Supporters – We Change Alone

They always say, our shores are safe and no taifoon can really reach us.

Here I was: middle in my room, trying to close rigid windows, gliding in water pools on the slippery tiles.

Coco, away for all these months was out of a sudden very close: Yellow and Blue envelopes smiling at me on the top of the white papers’ chaos. I opened the Yellow One.

The first rule of change is: even surrounded by best supporters – we change alone; our change is only ours, the path between the worlds is narrow and we cross it alone. The only person you cheat on is yourself. Yours, Coco

I felt a chill.

I was alone: Coco far away in Mexico, me here, fighting all those windmills and holding unnecessary appearances.

Let the world know you are in recession! It does not mean a lot to the world.

The world will go on whether I am fat or skinny.

I am the only person who needs to see the scale shifting down. I am lying to myself! What use does it have?

With cold shaky hands I opened the Blue One.