11

The trunk of the car was emptied to place my hospital bed. I don't know how Chloe did it, but she took me to the foot of the mountain. I knew this mountain, the empty valley was full of echoes. I stared at the red rope on the tree in a daze. I had been here with Serena before.

In my first year of college, we tied ribbons here and wrote down our wishes for the future. We didn't go to a temple, nor did we choose a sacred tree. We chose this sapling because Serena smiled and said, "The sapling doesn't carry anyone's wishes. As time goes by, it will grow taller little by little." " Andrew , this is a memory that belongs only to us."

I often think back to the past and think of Serena . I can't help but ask myself: If things are sorted by first come, first served, will the ending be less sloppy? This idea is very stubborn, but in the end, I gave myself an answer that can convince myself - no.