Sharing Life and Death

They had been childhood sweethearts, a perfect match in status, and their parents approved, so they naturally married.

For two years, they were unable to have a child. It was a sensitive issue neither of them ever brought up.

She loved her carefree life and didn't mind, unaware that the two of them were slowly growing apart.

Then one day, he came home with a pregnant woman, and with her, a letter of divorce.

After two years without a child, his parents had long since lost patience. When he presented the letter, she saw the hope in his eyes.

At last, she understood. She signed the divorce papers, left for a distant land, and went in search of the paradise she had always dreamed of.

Only...

"Some things are too heavy to carry away, so I smashed them. Let them stay buried in the dirt forever."

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A few months later, they met again in a foreign land, each with a different frame of mind, but both weathered by time.

"Is this the paradise you were looking for?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because you're here."