4| Still Imagining

CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK

Manhattan, New York City, United States of America

Each year, the park is visited by about 25 million people and is at the same time the most visited park in the United States.

Xena sat by the lake that stretched across the garden. She looked at the blue water of the lake while occasionally heaving a rough breath, her mind seemed to fly around the universe.

Today is mom and dad's 22nd wedding anniversary. And for the past 5 years, her mother has kept omitting this date from the home calendar, and acting as if this day never happened. It looked painful, even Xena could feel it.

Tasya Zudith Anderson, wife of Liam Anderson, father. It's been 5 years now their marriage seems to be on the verge of collapse. Xena also doesn't understand, Tasya and Liam are still holding on all this time, what are they actually for? She didn't even understand how adults thought. Ah almost forgot, she's an adult too!