Purple Summers's words left Nathaniel Summers no escape.
People often say the greatest distance is that between life and death. At that moment, Nathaniel suddenly gained a new understanding of this phrase.
—She said, after her death, she would have nothing to do with him anymore.
The love he had poured in for many years, the marriage he had struggled to maintain, all ended forcibly on the day Suzanne Saunders died.
The car arrived at the school.
Before getting out of the car, Purple Summers said to Nathaniel, "You have to understand, whether you accept it or not, we can never return to the past. Even if I hadn't died in the accident that day, it would've been impossible for me to accept the entanglements between you and Jade Carlson. Our separation was inevitable, and now I am no longer Suzanne Saunders. Nathaniel, if we both take a step back, we can live well. There's really no need to keep tormenting each other, let's... part on good terms."