The Leaf of the Tree

A daydream of a story about regret

An older single female teacher and a male electronics PhD returning from overseas

A story of mutual pining that eventually brings them together

"The two of us together are a tree."

Middle school

"If you read 'I like you' as one sentence, it says what I want to tell you."

Fifteen years later

"I like you."

"I like you too, actually. I have for a long time."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental. Do not imitate.