The Expiration Date of Abandonment

Summary

I only found out later. The reason they didn't come to pick me up themselves was because Maya had attempted suicide.

No wonder everyone in that house treated me with such icy indifference.

It turns out, they were terrified of triggering her.

They explained to me later that Maya had a history of severe clinical depression.

She had finally started to open up and become happy again.

But my sudden reappearance caused a massive relapse.

They asked me to be understanding.

I didn't care.

If they didn't love me, that was fine.

I wasn't starved for affection.