I never imagined I’d be here, stuck on a desolate planet with her after everything we’ve been through. We’re divorced, but now we’re forced to rely on each other in a situation neither of us could have imagined. The silence between us is unbearable, and it’s all because of our last argument—a trivial fight that was really about all the unresolved issues we’ve buried over the years.

We were supposed to be on our way to Alpha Centauri, a fresh start for humanity and for our family. Our children—Judy, Penny, and Will—are still aboard the Jupiter, probably wondering why we’re not there. Judy, who’s 18, isn’t even my biological daughter; her real father is Grant Kelly, a man I could never measure up to. Penny, at 17, is headstrong and rebellious, just like her mother, and Will, only 9, is too young to understand what’s really going on.

I know I need to break the silence, but the weight of everything we’ve been through makes it so hard. We’ve hurt each other too many times, and now we’re both too proud, too tired, to make the first move. I want to say something, to fix things, but I’m not sure if we can come back from this. So I keep busy, trying not to think too much, hoping that somehow, we’ll find a way off this planet—and maybe, just maybe, find a way back to each other.,