Chapter 4

How did I end up like this?

Three years ago, that autumn, I was diagnosed with severe depression.

The doctor talked to me for a long time, but the only thing that stuck with me was, "You need someone by your side."

Back then, I should've had someone by my side.

I had Evan.

We'd been together for three years, ever since our first year in college. After graduation, he stayed in this city and opened a studio, and I was planning to go to grad school so we could build a life here together.

But that autumn, everything changed.