Sophia walked onto the stage and started her performance. She embodied the master personality comfortably, her emotions shifting from joy to anger to sorrow in perfect rhythm. Then, without warning, she shifted into another persona, untamed and unpredictable. The air in the room became heavy. The audience barely breathed.

Then she paused. Her eyes darted toward Michael at the side of the stage. For a brief moment, her emotions suddenly slipped away.

She had fought so hard to leave him in the ...