A scarlet letter. (by Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Ms. Northcutt is going to have a kind of “Scarlet Letter” during the rest of her life.
As she said to Mr. Hwang over the phone in 2020, it was her decision(“my decision”).
It seemed that Ms. Northcutt just wanted to ‘escape alone from the sinking ship’ in the household while nglecting and leaving her spouse who was seriously injured.
It was, is, and will be a “Scarlett Letter” on her forehead during the rest of her life.
That was her choice as she said.
Mr. Hwang respected that decision, and let her go with respect to that choice.
Indivisuals can make their choices in their lifetime.
And that can change their life courses whether the decisions were good or bad, right or wrong, accurate or inaccurate, or regrettable or not.
Our lives are irreversible as you know.
Written by Mr. Hwang
Published: November 21, 2022