When no one listens, the heart sobs in silence. When no one understands, the heart escapes to a place where there’s solitude. Isolation becomes a friend until the heart seizes to slumber.

Min Jee wiped her tears away and roamed her eyes around. No one was aware of her excruciating pain. There’s only she who knows what she’s going through. The crowd made her unsafe and intoxicated.

She tightened her grip on the steering wheel and started the engine. The car sped up like a freed wild bull with nowhere else to stay. Her vision was fuzzy because of her tears. The car halted when a man crossed the pedestrian...