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Eight years after his mother forced us to break up, she actually came looking for me again. "After you left, his hair turned completely white almost overnight. He's been in and out of psychiatric facilities more times than I can count..." "Please, come back to him. If you don't, he's really going to destroy himself!" I traced the scar on my forehead, a bitter smile tugging at my lips. "But I'm no longer young and beautiful." She gripped my hands tightly, her voice trembling: "As long as you're willing to come back—no matter how this ends—I will give you one million dollars to cover your mother's medical bills." For the sake of my mother lying in a private hospital bed, I decided to return to Alexander. "Would he still love me, now that I'm no longer the girl I used to be?"