Half an hour later, the car stopped in front of a riverside apartment building Elise's parents had gifted to her when she was twelve.Upon stepping through the front door, she felt a pang of sadness in her heart that had been numb for a while.The walls were decorated by her father while the furniture was carefully curated by her mother.She had only been twelve years old when her mother had looked lovingly into her eyes and told her, "This is your sanctuary. In the future, even if your father and I are no longer around, nobody is going to take this haven away from you."She curled up on the couch in the living room, where the last presence of her parents lingered. Soon, she fell asleep.For the following days, she hardly thought about Gerald.Even the comment sections had become uncharacteristically dormant, as if echoing the state of her mind.The next day, when she went shopping with her best friend, Louisa Verd, who had just returned from abroad, Louisa teased her."What's
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