The woman in the black-and-white photo smiled gently, her gaze soft, as if it could pierce through time and space and smooth away every wrinkle in Annie's heart.
"Mother, I miss you so much... can you hold me..."
In front of everyone, she was always the invincible Annie Green.
But only here could she shed all her disguises and reveal the softest corners of her heart.
So when David appeared with his radiant light, she didn't hesitate to take him as her lifeline, giving everything she had without reservation.
But now, that lifeline that had supported her through wind and rain had snapped. Her heart was like a limping old man, unable to move an inch through the quagmire of memories.
"Ten years... ten whole years of false affection. I was so foolish."
Tears fell one by one on the tombst
