Even if he wanted to free her, he could no longer achieve it.
That summer, with torrential rain pouring down, the woman he loved deeply but could not have returned once more to that man's side. This time, he didn't know if he could rescue her again.
Eric Candi tasted despair for the first time.
The deeper the love, the more intense the pain. He finally felt what Aldana Candi had once felt, and what saddened him was that what he was enduring at the moment might have been the constant suffering that Aldana experienced throughout her life.
Most of this pain was caused by him.
*
Outside the window, the rain was drizzling.
Aldana turned her head, gazing out into the rain.
The black Lincoln drove away, leaving the people in that house slowly behind.
She thought Norris might be very angry and hoped Trenton Smith could comfort her.
