To visit my hospitalized mother, I left my wife behind and returned to my hometown alone. Fortunately, nothing serious happened, so I returned the same day. I found myself at the stairs where I used to play as a child. As I climbed the stairs, lost in memories, a couple came down from the opposite side. I thought their faces looked familiar, and it turned out to be my childhood sweetheart and best friend who had become a married woman. My heart raced with excitement over this chance encounter, and I waited on the stairs, expecting something, when she suddenly appeared before me alone…
