"If we didn't fell apart, would we be happy three decades later from that day?" A weak smile appeared on his weary face, eyes gleaming in tears, glimpsing at the distant past. "I am relieved you are well," his dry lips started quivering. "..but it hurts to see someone else fulfilling the life I once promised you. It hurts, pumpkin." Another generic story of a love defeated by pain, a promise that didn't last.