Chapter 11 During these six months at Max Planck Institute in Germany , I returned to the lab , doing what I did best . David , the senior researcher who invited me , sometimes remarked : Why did you waste five years elsewhere ? You could have made breakthroughs so much earlier . Recording data , Id smile lightly : Everyone takes detours sometimes . As long as you find your way back , its never too late , right ? Ill allow thorns to appear along my lifes long journey . Even if crossing them leaves me bleeding . But who can say this wont lead to a completely new version of me ? As long as I have courage , Ill boldly move forward , the endless path ahead still glittering . Time kept me so busy , too busy to remember anyone . Until that day , when a courier delivered a package from London after half a year , I received this anonymous mail . Inside were two fully paid property contracts in my name . One for a luxury penthouse in Manhattans Upper East Side , another for our marriage home back home where Id only paid the down payment . My current apartment in Munich is quiet , especially at night . During my first couple of months here , I barely slept . I wont lie and say I never hoped . I wasnt too proud to admit Id hoped he might suddenly appear before me . Walking through Munichs streets , I wondered if one day Id turn around and see him . Some quiet nights , hearing cars on Leopoldstraße , Id instinctively pull back the curtains , only to find an empty world . Then Id remember someone like him wouldnt lose his mind over anyone . Those five years he spent among ordinary people were already an exception . 06:35 Chapter 11 In his life , hed gained too much for any loss to matter . Picking up gently , setting down carelessly that was his way . I locked both contracts away untouched , still not contacting him . Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!