They say that for a parent, the greatest grief imaginable is losing a child.
Children are the lifeline of their parents, loved, protected, and nurtured at any cost.
Every parent devotes their heart to shielding that lifeline from pain and hardship.
But when a parent faces the death of their child, the world collapses into an agony beyond words.
The pain is said to be unbearable, like countless needles piercing the flesh again and again, leaving wounds that never truly heal.
There is no cure for such a pain and one needs to bear it for the rest of their life.
When Vined had first heard those words, he couldn't truly understand them. But now, as he felt that grief firsthand, he realized how true they were.
Not even the agony of a thousand needles could compare to the pain consuming him now.
People say that time heals everything, but he knew that wasn't true, not for him at least.
