Kail would never forget that day.It was the day that ruined his life. When he heard what had happened in Oslo, to Silje, he quickly left Stockholm to return home.As soon as he got back to the Bruntland mansion, he asked his personal assistant as he took off his shiny black leather gloves.“Where is she?”His assistant bowed and replied, “I’m sorry, sir. I was tailing her as you requested, but I lost her.”The personal assistant reported his findings and within minutes, Kail learned everything he needed to know.It only took three hours.In exactly three hours, their lives had changed completely.Their love was ruined.After staring his assistant for a few minutes silently, Kail slapped him with his black leather gloves.Slash!Drops of red blood fell from his cheek as the assistant apologized.“I-I’m so sorry! I made a mistake. Please forgive me, sir. It wa

Aunt Skina’s nagging was getting worse.Any other girl her age would’ve run away, screaming from the incredibly hard work. It was also a monotonous life, and Silje wondered if she would die here in Aunt Skina’s store like this someday.However, Silje was fine with it all. She didn’t want to think about anything.“Before you eat, make sure you pray, Silje. The pastor is supposed to visit us in the afternoon. Oh, and don’t forget to make the soup with spinach and carrots, ok?”Aunt Skina used to be a devout Norwegian Lutheran, but when she immigrated to America, she converted to Catholicism. Her dark house was decorated with crosses and the Virgin Mary statues.The house also reeked of a strange smell. Aunt Skina often suffered from sore throat and tonsillitis, and she drank an awful-smelling syrup for her conditions.Aunt Skina always insisted on a very long prayer before every meal.“Let

The man smiled again, showing off his beautiful white teeth. He tucked his business card in her hand and walked away with his group.Silje stared at them for a long time in confusion. She realized that this was the second time today that someone asked her the same question.Greg the bartender and this black guy.Model…She was barely surviving with her current life, so how could she even consider something like that?Silje shook her head.‘My photos on the wall? Where? My body needs to be celebrated?’How ridiculous. He seemed like a scammer, so without looking at the card, she crushed it and put it into her legging pocket.Bang, bang.The loud music continued.Coming to this place had unintentionally caused her consciousness to come back from the shock. Her mind and heart were frozen since that fateful day, but they were slowly thawing.Then suddenly, Silje heard a loud argument.

“Silje, where you do think you are going?”Aunt Skina yelled from behind, but Silje didn’t answer her. She just walked away like a ghost.The street was noisy with cars. Everything and everyone was still here, but Sien was gone.All these people and buildings were still standing, yet Sien was no more.Gone forever.Was this death? No big fuss. No noises, nothing.Just a meaningless reality.Death was just a quiet disappearance.Of course, it wasn’t that Silje liked Sien, but still, this wasn’t right. To die like this so suddenly…Silje couldn’t express her feelings. She was in such shock that she just kept walking.After a long aimless stroll, Silje returned home and when she was alone in her bedroom, she finally gave in to her grief. Sien’s death brought back so many painful memories.Standing in front of the frozen lake in Norway.Being sent away by

“Left row. Right row. You all remember your turns, right? Now, when it is your turn, do your best walks.”Fishes.Looking around the crowded rehearsal, the models looked like fish in an aquarium.Fish trying to survive in this tiny world, trying to eat and not be eaten. Trying to protect their own spaces while constantly making attempts to extend their own territories.The rehearsal started and Silje was walking just fine while the Chinese model Fei glared at her openly.Silje was about to leave the stage when the Japanese model Yuki, who was coming out to the stage, tripped Silje while passing by her. Yuki was very sneaky. She made it look like it was part of her walk, and she immediately walked away toward the center of the runway.Silje lost her balance. Unfortunately, she was wearing heels that were over 12 cm.Crash!Silje fell on the stage loudly and Yuki, who caused all this, laughed quietly.“Ha