Their lives returned to normal after Barbara’s funeral drew to an end.

Mason started going back home more frequently.

They were still treating each other coldly. They didn’t really talk to each other during dinner and they would sleep twenty inches away from each other. Sometimes, he’d even sleep in the guest room.

Once in a while, he’d hug her from behind and brush his hands across her belly, trying to feel for his baby girl in there. If Zoe was woken in the process, she’d remain quiet and let him do his own thing.

This was how their marriage was now. Aside from Yanni, there was nothing left between them. She had forgotten that she used to love him and he had forgotten that he used to want to make up to her.

He even forgot to tell Zoe that he wanted to have a daughter who’d run towards him when he came home from work and asked for a hug.

Both of them had forgotten what made them love each other in the first place. All they could remember now was how painful it was to maintain