Epilogue:Nathan's Perspective
I'm Nathan Carter,an orphan raised in a children’s home.
Sara always said I was her protector in the orphanage,but she didn't know she was the sunlight in my bleak world.

In my teenage years, all my love was poured into Sara.
Our time together was the happiest time of my life.
We studied,explored diners around the city,ran together through the rain.
But later,the world blinded me.
When I started at the law firm,I was broke.
Sara stayed with me in our cramped,dingy apartment.

In the coldest winters,we cuddled under blankets for warmth.
I vowed that when I succeed,I'd buy Sara a big beach house and a cat she loved.
I knew she stayed because she loved me.
Later,a big case made me famous.

Sara became a therapist,growing sharper,more perceptive,unlike the sunny girl I remembered.
I was constantly buried in cases,she in studies and certifications,pushing her career more and more successful.
Life for us improved,we moved to a bigger house,but we drifted apart.
I realized my feelings for Sara had become duty,not passionate love.
Without Evelyn's arrival,Sara and I might have go on and lived a mundane life.
Evelyn appeared at the perfect time,igniting my protective instincts,like I once felt for Sara.
When I brought Evelyn to Sara,I hadn't crossed any lines.
But Sara trusted me so much,I became convinced she would never leave,no matter what I did.
Evelyn,fragile and attentive,saw me as her savior from abuse.
She rekindled the thrill of my youth.
I started finding Sara rigid,uncaring.
I forgot my promises to her,forgot she stood by my side in my darkest times.
When I accidentally killed Evelyn's abusive husband,I panicked for a moment.
Seeing Sara's anxious face,I knew I'd be fine.
When Sara went to prison,I exhaled.
I could finally be with Evelyn without restraint.
When she got out,I'd compensate her.Sara loved me so much,she wouldn't blame me.
For three years,as she suffered,I betrayed our love and lived a lovey-dovey life with Evelyn.
I didn't know I'd lose Sara forever.
I thought she faked her own illness,that her divorce papers were an act to win me back.
I never visited her.
But when I learned she actually had late-stage stomach cancer,no matter how I begged,she wouldn't see me again.
No matter how I pleaded,she only said calmly over the phone that she didn't love me anymore.
The clown and the fool was me.
When I learned Evelyn had cheated and miscarried,I realized how wrong I had been all these time.
Sara said I was selfish,loving only myself.
She spent her final days with Caleb,leaving me no words.
When I heard of her death,I realized I still loved her.
Even after betraying her,she was still the one in my heart, but I had realized it too late.
I missed even the most trivial moments we spent together,I miss her radiant smile.
But until her funeral,I never saw her again.
Sara must've hated me—she never once came into my dreams.
Milk’s already spilled.Sara never forgave me.
I touch the scar on my throat,plagued by illness,unable to speak—karma for me.
I wonder if,in the next life,Sara would see me one more time.