Estelle felt a pang of sadness as she looked at Cristofer. It was like countless tiny splinters in her heart, not excruciating but definitely painful. There was a time when she had experienced the same feelings, desperately trying to make him stay and explain everything to him. But Cristofer had ignored her emails and wouldn’t even see her when she waited at his home. Eventually, she had given up.

So, Estelle had expected to feel satisfaction when she saw Cristofer filled with regret, a ...