A week passed. It was a long, unhopeful week filled with masked pain. 

Ellie applied for a job in a small start-up business, and she got accepted. Even though the salary was not a good amount and it could not sustain her, she knew she had to take it like that until she found a better offer. She made sure she put all her effort into her work and kept herself busy to avoid any thinking.

Her mother had tried to stop her from working for the time being, but Ellie did not listen. Louise was worried that she might be stressing herself too much after everything that had happened,...