«It felt like things were going back to normal, their balance, the peace between those walls that sooner or later would reach a climax and everything would break into pieces, it would look like the damage is irretrievable and there's no turning back. However Sage and Michelle always had a trick up their sleeves, the hate they felt for each other, even though big, was not more powerful than the intense feeling of deep affection they had for each other. And whenever the 'irreparable damage' got mended it felt like the thing they had together was unbreakable and impenetrable. But neither Sage nor Michelle wondered if their relationship was slowly getting killed.»