It was nine o’clock in the morning. The doctor was helping Zoe with her rehabilitation. Mason was sitting and working on the couch to the side.

Ava knocked on the door and came in. She leaned into his ear and said, “Ms. Lilith’s plane has taken off, Mr. Mason.”

Then, he glanced at Zoe. She obviously heard it, but she wasn’t letting anything show on her face. It was as if she no longer cared.

His eyes grew darker. He said to Ava, “Got it. You may leave.”

He glanced at Zoe again when Ava left. Once the medical personnel had also left, he put down his work and looked at her. She looked cold and aloof.

He spoke softly, “She’s gone! She can never affect our lives anymore! Can we please start over, Zoe?”

She, on the other hand, kept looking out the window. It was freezing out there and a baby bird was learning how to fly. It was flying unsteadily and almost fell a few times, but it spread its wings at the last moment and flew straight into the heavens.

She tore her gaze away when she