---- "T already bought my plane ticket," I said. "I'm not coming back." I paused, then added, "I don't like roses anymore." used to like them because of him. Because I knew he did. So I changed myself to match his taste. To say I didn't resent Dennis would be a lie. I waited three years for him. And what I got in return... was him choosing someone else. I resented him because he had once made promises and broken every single one. So before I left, I couldn't bring myself to say those words-I wish you happiness. It took me three months to rejoin Doctors Without Borders. This time, I was headed to a small town for medical relief work. Just as I was preparing to leave, I ran into ---- someone familiar-Leon Hart, an old classmate from university. He wore a black windbreaker and a black baseball cap, walking toward me. "Long time no see, Anna," he said. I suddenly remembered the first time we met-at a cat café just outside campus. He had been holding a kitten, eyes red. I'd asked him what was wrong, but he wouldn't say. Back then, I thought maybe he'd lost his pet. That's why he was crying. So I gave him a cat.