Chapter 829: Walls

"Hmph," Kyle mumbled, "Only 13 and already thinking she knows the world, huh? Since when have you been so brutal to your own mother, huh?"

"When my own mother is rather oblivious to certain obvious things," Lianne replied, her face no showing any emotion, "You've never been like that before."

Kyle ran his hand through his hair and leaned back on the chair. He didn't answer immediately but seemed to be lost in thought.

"Sometimes, it's easier to see from the outside looking in," Kyle said after a while, "You have phenomenal observation skills to notice how I felt about Sayuri even before I did, but if you're anything like me, then you may be blind to your own feelings as well."