A reply to Amy

Amy: ...As a reader, I've also gone through a journey with Zoe & John's half-century forbidden love filled with trials and tribulations... I would love a more romantic, emotional and happy ending.

Helen: I wrote the ending ten years ago, more from a thriller angle. Initially, the whole fiction would be published in one book titled Nuclear Power Nuclear Game in March 2021. But I changed my mind after considering the novel too long for one book.

Like you, Zoe and John's life has also emotionally accompanied me for the last nineteen years. At one stage, I even let Zoe kill herself to let her (and me) have a rebirth, a stronger Zoe. I cried many times when writing about their heartbroken life experience and separation caused by the Iron Curtain.

I agree with you they deserve a cheerful, lasting, romantic and happy ending. Therefore, I will add a short Epilogue.

Thank you. Amy.