This place had held five years of love. It had seen me rise from obscurity to stardom, where I’d earned everything I once took pride in. But more than that, it had left me scarred—full of pain I could never forget.

Soon, the boarding announcement sounded. I took a deep breath and stepped onto the plane.

From that moment on, Erving, Anya, and New York, the city that had hurt me so deeply—all became a past I would never return to!