Chapter 4

Before deciding to leave, I went to see Nathan's mother. When we were students, she would always have Nathan bring me home and would pile food into my bowl.

"Hannah, eat more. Look how thin you are."

Those words gave me, an orphan, the warmth of home.

My marriage to Nathan had been natural, without any of love's usual hardships.

That's why I endured those five years in silence, nearly losing myself.

When I entered, my mother-in-law was on a video call. Looking at Nathan and Iris on screen, her face couldn't stop smiling.

"You rascal, Iris is still young.…