“Ethan, from now on… we’ll be strangers.” Emily’s voice was very light, almost as if she was reciting a silent poem.

She signed her name on the two copies of a divorce agreement, and with the triumphant gazes of Thora and Chelsea following her, she quietly left the hospital room.

She didn’t look back at Ethan even once during this process, because she felt that there was no need to look at him anymore.

*****

Four years later.

Outside the gates of the ...