As the plane climbed smoothly into the sky, I gazed at the clouds outside the window and gradually drifted into thought.
In our three years of marriage, though Justin and I weren't passionately affectionate, we had treated each other with mutual respect.
My parents were extremely pleased with this marriage.
Whenever Justin came home, they welcomed him with beaming smiles.
But if I returned alone on any given day, they would be cold and distant, picking faults with everything I did.
Only now did I finally understand that the person they cared about and loved had always been Justin.
I just couldn't comprehend how over twenty years of blood relation couldn't compare to a stranger of a man.
I sighed softly, resting my head against the window.
Two hours later, the plane landed in So
