2025: You and Yin are both 48 years old.

You both had mutual crushes for four years of High School, it was implied be her letting you touch her knee. You had confessed your feelings to Yin on the last day of school back in 1995, and she seemed receptive to your advances but it was too late to act upon them. You went to separate universities in different cities and you didn't have a car, so you had communicated via e-mail as Freshmen.

Although you both continued to e-mail each other in college as friends (you both never brought up the crush or hand on knee again), you had committed a serious crime due to your mental condition which made national news.

Yin never contacted you again, especially since she was interviewed by the FBI.

Although you served the time, made restitution, and changed your life for the better, your rare attempts to recommunicate with Yin went unanswered over the 30 years. You had felt hurt she never responded to you- she never heard your side of the story about your arrest. You had always been so nice to Yin, you both used to have late night phone conversations back in the day.

You had given up after 5 attempts in the 2000s and 2010s (e-mail, social media). Then one day you did a deep background search and saw Yin has been married for decades. She married a Chinese man named Chuck- something her family had always wanted- and has 2 daughters and a son with him.

She also lived her dream of becoming a Grade School Math/Science teacher. You felt bittersweet but you don't blame her for starting a family. After all, she was never even your girlfriend- all because you never tried hard enough.

Even though you have created a great life for yourself since your prison sentence, the "lost love" you feel with Yin has been nagging you since you were 18. Your therapist said you HAVE TO MOVE ON. Heck, you have been with so many people since 1995. But you know you can't forget about Yin. All you are doing is finding "replacement Yins". You want the real one. BUT THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE SINCE SHE IS HAPPILY MARRIED AND IS A MOTHER! AND SHE LIVES IN ANOTHER STATE!

You know her phone number, social media accounts, school where she teaches- even her address. You feel like a stalker. You know she has ghosted you for 30 years, ignored your messages you send "just to say hello". The silence is deafening. You just want to hear her voice again- even if she says "NEVER CONTACT ME!"

But...will you do something about it now? One last shot? To do what? You ask yourself.

"Closure" you answer yourself.