Now, there was little for her to do but grieve. She thought she would never be able to go on with her life at that moment in time, because she and Michael had rarely been separated during the years they had been together.

They had met in, of all places, a florist's shop. Michael had come in to get some flowers for a friend in the theatre, who was making her debut that night. K was buying flowers for herself, simply because every week, she felt happy enjoying them. The florist was taking a very complicated order in front of them, and only getting more harried every time the customer changed her mind. After a couple of minutes, they started talking to each other. K had assumed that Michael was buying flowers for a girlfriend, so their conversation