A week later, Louise was buried.

Ellie kept living in Alex's house. She became so silent that the only thing she did was to eat and go back to bed. Even the food she ate was monitored by Alex; she had refused to perform her normal activities; it was like she was just living in a dead body.

Alex did not for once leave her sight, thinking that she might hurt herself. He had to work from home just to be by her side.

That afternoon, he was working in his study room. He had just finished eating dinner with Ellie, but he had important work he had to finish....