Switzerland feels like a second skin , crisp air, lonely cafés, a different language that doesn't weigh her down.
She studies hard.
Plays street basketball with strangers in the park.
Sleeps alone in a tiny studio apartment where no one knocks on her door at 2 AM.
She writes "Ten Years" in a new journal. Every page she fills with tiny victories:
First snowfall alone
New café with pistachio croissant
Missed Aaira today — didn't call
Didn't cry
She decided to live the 10 years peacefully, leaving the sour past behind. She decided to focus on herself.
"Yeah! Let's do this."
However, during this phase of her life, there enters ELIAS...