Chapter 7
On the plane, I rested my head against the window, watching the landscape recede below until the aircraft’s momentum carried us into the blue sky.
It felt almost surreal.
From this moment on, I no longer had citizenship. I was dedicating myself to the world.[]
After a grueling fourteen–hour flight, my colleagues and I arrived exhausted at our destination.[]
Unlike the peace and safety of home, this place was filled with warfare and armed conflict. Even one wrong move could cost us our lives.]
While resting in the vehicle, our medical team leader briefed us on the situation at our destination.]]
As he spoke, he handed each of us a gun. He said that while saving lives was important, our own survival mattered more than our mission.]
His words resonated deeply within me.[]
I suddenly thought about my years with Griffin, how I’d made him my entire world.[]
Back then, hadn’t I considered him more important than my own life?]
But sadly, the young man I remembered was gone, dead in the prime of his love for me.[]
And now, Griffin and I were truly finished.[]
Going forward, I would no longer let him control my emotions. I wouldn’t feel heartbroken over his intimacy with Ava. I would never again sacrifice my future and career for him.[]
For the rest of my life, I would cry only for myself, laugh only for myself, and live only for myself!
Soon, we reached our destination.[]
On the muddy roads sat many injured people, their arms and legs covered in bloody wounds.
Only then did I learned that the area had just experienced a bombing.]
And these patients with their horrific injuries were actually the least severely wounded from the disaster.[]
With the operating rooms already filled beyond capacity, these patients had no choice but to wait by the roadside.
I pushed all other thoughts from my mind and rushed to help with bandaging.
And this was just the beginning.
In the following months, each day’s experiences constantly challenged my worldview.[]
At the same time, my resolve grew stronger. I never regretted coming here or becoming a borderless doctor.
Until one day, a colleague rushed in breathlessly, saying someone was looking for me.]
I assumed it was a patient and prepared to go out, but my colleague added, “I think it’s someone from your home country. A man.”
I paused mid–step, Griffin’s face immediately flashing through my mind, with my heart skipping a beat
Could it really be Griffin?
Before I could refuse, Griffin had already found his way in.
“Nora, it really is you!”
His eyes red–rimmed, he rushed forward to embrace me. I felt his tears on my neck.
I remembered that when I boarded the plane, my lawyer had messaged me. He said our divorce case had been officially submitted, and regardless of whether Griffin agreed, the law would dissolve our marriage within two weeks.
Chapter 7
So why had he gone to such lengths to find me?
With this thought, I uncomfortably pushed him away, my expression cold.[]
“Griffin, we’re divorced.“[]
Hearing this, Griffin’s eyes grew even redder as he pleaded hoarsely:]
“Nora, please don’t push me away. I’ve searched every airport, asked everyone I could find, barely managing to track you down…”
“Do you know what’s happened in the month since you left? My mother passed away.”
I was genuinely shocked–I hadn’t expected his mother to have died.]
While I was processing this, Griffin continued:[]
“Nora, I’m sorry. None of us believed you. We thought you were lying, but the real liar was Ava!“]
“She’s a complete fraud. She never contacted any specialist. My mother’s condition kept deteriorating. If we’d listened to you and consulted the specialist, she might still be alive.“[]
“It’s all my fault. I should have trusted you. I hurt you and caused my mother’s death…“]
“My father was right to blame me. I’m nothing but a harbinger of disaster.”
With that, he covered his face and crouched down, sobbing uncontrollably.
Seeing him so broken, I remained standing, feeling conflicted.]
During my month here, I’d witnessed constant life and death situations.
I thought I’d become numb, but hearing Griffin’s words still affected me.
After all, before Ava had interfered with our family, my mother–in–law had treated me decently–after I lost our baby, she’d made chicken soup for me and helped care for me.
It wasn’t until Ava appeared that she began criticizing my infertility and grew increasingly fixated on having a grandchild.]
While lost in these thoughts, Griffin’s voice broke through:[]
“I’m sorry, Nora. I’ve been searching for you constantly. I wanted to apologize in person. Only later did I discover you hadn’t just quit your job–you’d become a borderless doctor.”
“That’s why I traveled so far to find you. Please come back with me. This place is too dangerous. I’ve already lost my mother; I can’t lose you too!”
I shook my head firmly.[]
“No. I won’t go back.”
As a borderless doctor, I no longer belonged to any single country.[]
Where could I return to?]
Only when wars ended, when no conflict zones needed our help–only then could I go home.
Until that day, anywhere in this vast world could be my home
