I was standing inside the Room of Choices.
Return to before meeting Ellen.
Keep my current life.
This choice cannot be undone.
If I erased the present…
Everything would be canceled.
That meant saying goodbye to Sophia as well.
But even if I kept my current life…
Our family would fall apart.
Sophia would be unhappy.
…I’ve made my decision.
I opened the door marked…
Return to Before Meeting Ellen.
My eyes flew open.
Before anything else,
I grabbed my phone.
It was the day I had sold my Space A stock.
to the day I first met Ellen.
A lump rose in my throat.
I’ll never see Sophia again.
Goodbye, Sophia!
I sat down on the sofa and spent a long time trying to steady my emotions.
Sophia would remain a daughter who no longer existed in reality…
A daughter who lived only in my memories.
It was almost time for the stock market to open.
I opened my laptop and began selling my Space A shares.
Shares Owned: 0
Average Purchase Price: $296.50
Cash Balance: $154,180,000
I sold every share.
When today’s trading was over,
I had become a billionaire once again.
Before,
I would have celebrated a victory like today with good food and wine at The Pink Door.
But not today.
Not today.More than the joy of my investment,my longing for Sophia kept me from feeling happy.
I’ll just order something.
The day passed quietly.
Ding-dong.
My food must have arrived.
The moment I opened the front door…
My entire body froze.
Standing there, holding a delivery box, was Hannah.