A reflection of pain and self forgivness. In the suffocating grip of her own mind, Alice wakes each day to a twilight that never lifts—a storm of memories and regrets that drown her in despair. Depression has become her closest companion, whispering lies of worthlessness as she stares at the walls of a life she no longer recognizes. It took years to comprehend that she firstly needs to forgive herself, to use her mouth to proclaim life to her own life.

This is a short story of the last ten days of Alice, a single Albanian woman in her mid-thirties—struggling between the shadows of her past and the hope of a future she barely dares to imagine. Tired of her own fear, shame, and chronic pessimism, she quits her job and escapes to Rome, seeking a spark to reignite her will to live—and to love.There, she meets Huang, a young Chinese man who might just be the beginning of something new. But is it too soon to fall? Can one night turn in...