Hakuto sighs.
A long, heavy sigh.
His thoughts keep racing.
It's almost two in the morning.
Yuzu and Rika are sleeping peacefully beside him.
But tonight, Hakuto can't sleep at all.
That afternoon, Hakuto spends nearly an hour on the phone with Ana.
She starts crying the moment they connect.
She says she's having an emotional breakdown.
The kind of depression that strikes international stars.
She tells Hakuto she wants to give everything up.
But she can't.
Her mother is gravely ill.
The treatments are extremely expensive.
Leaving that world would mean certain death for her beloved mother.
It may sound like an excuse, but there's truth behind it.
Ana's mother truly depends on the money Ana keeps earning.
All of it goes into Marquis Velshekar's hands.
He uses her mother to control Ana, keeping her in his service.
«Sorry if I bored you… I didn't know who else to talk to. Thank you for listening...»
Ana is a brilliant actress, but those tears are real.
