Ten Years of Dreamlike Separation

For ten years, Monica Gerta has loved Mylo Francis, the man who raised her after her parents died. Though they share no blood, he is her uncle, and he has always been the person she trusted most. On the day she turned eighteen, she kissed him, and he pushed her away, furious, warning her to move out if she could not control herself.

Three months later, Mylo returns with Della, the woman he says he will marry. At their engagement party, Della reads Monica's love letter aloud to the guests, and Mylo tears it up in front of everyone, asking whether she thinks she is worthy of him. That night, Monica burns every photo of them and calls Samson, agreeing to leave for Alsatan as a doctor without borders, far from home and out of contact.

As she deletes the last picture of Mylo from her phone, she tells herself the memories are finally cleared. But the man who once made her soup every month is still the one she cannot forget.