I lay motionless on the visitor cot in Nathan's hospital room.
I looked more like a patient than he did.
I had never imagined the truth would be this ugly.
Nathan looked at me and sighed again and again.
The next day, when he saw that I still hadn't pulled myself together, he pulled out the IV needle and looked at me playfully.
"Vanessa, I will take you to the mountaintop for some fresh air."
I turned over.
"Don't mess around. Your condition might get worse."
He pulled me up at once.
"What's there to be afraid of? I'm dressed warmly. I will be fine. Let's go."
In the end, Nathan dragged me to the mountaintop.
After I got married, I hadn't come here in a long time.
From here, I could look down and see thousands of lights at the foot of the mountain.
When I looked up, I saw a sk
