Byron believes without question that Celeste orchestrated the tragic prison demise of his beloved sister, letting his former tenderness curdle into icy venom. For five grueling years, he keeps Celeste trapped in an emotionally abusive marriage, stripping her of social contacts and treating her with cruel contempt. Celeste endures the endless torment in silence, quietly bearing a debilitating sickness without ever uttering a plea for pity.
When Celeste's failing body finally gives out, Byron receives a coroner's notification rather than her customary evening greeting. Sifting through her modest belongings, he discovers hidden medical files detailing years of private agony alongside proof of her total innocence. Plunged into inconsolable remorse, the shattered widower wanders through her empty room, haunted by the ghost of a devotion he destroyed.
