Through life itself. Ordinary everyday people, the people next door, are for me the greatest heroes. I struggled to capture emotions in this novel as well. I fought even now, as I gently touched it in this revised edition, to make a new beginning, to reach closer to you, more mature, more complete. I fought to accurately convey the feeling of rejection above all else.
It is true that rejection hurts. It wounds irreparably. Each of us reacts differently. Some accept rejection with optimism. They learn from their mistakes and move on with their lives. Others react badly. They become depressed, disappointed, suspicious, blame themselves, get angry, give up. But there are also some who face it vengefully. Disappointment and anger lead them to retaliate. Such a person is Giannis. The hero in "Deep Blue".
When Alice, the woman he loved, rejected him, he turned to retaliation. He began to hate all women, started to "use" them. Unconsciously, he also rejected everyone who approached him emotionally. Until life itself took revenge on him. Until he met Christina. How difficult is it to face disappointment? Surprise, anger, fear, pain, collapse, and many other emotions that intertwine in a tangle inside him and lead him to despair. The only hope is strength, determination, and faith in ourselves.