Anna sat on the bed and stared unseeingly at the thin golden circlet that bound her finger and her life. She had been married for several days, but the realization came only now.

What did she feel? Nothing but bitterness and devastating hopelessness. After everything that happened to go through, Anna could not even imagine in a nightmare that she would tie the knot again. But what was left for her? Joe gave hope, he became her support and pulled out of hell.

When she woke up after that attempt to commit suicide, it was already daytime, she was lying on the bed, and Joe was sitting in the chair,...