142 Isaac and Max in the garden

It didn't take long for Isaac to go through everything work-related he had (because he was working in the plane on his way to Seattle), and he found himself staring intently at the nearby rose bud which was about to bloom.

That bud reminded him of Elizabeth: beautiful, innocent, yet to bloom and show its beauty to the world… helpless and depending on the mercy of a gardener who can snip it away at any time… just how Elizabeth is at the mercy of that cunning man (the one who is so close that their backs are almost touching).