the background is this: THEY’VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOREVER—FAMILY FRIENDS WHO GREW UP IN THE SAME WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SAN FRANCISCO. BUT IT ISN’T UNTIL YEARS LATER, UNTIL BOTH OF THEM HAVE LEFT THOSE SPRAWLING MANSIONS TO BEGIN UNIVERSITY LIFE IN DORMS TINIER THAN THEIR EN SUITE BATHROOMS AT HOME, THAT THEY DISCOVER THEY MAY ACTUALLY LIKE EACH OTHER. NOT TOO LONG AFTER, THEY START DATING, FAMILY FRIENDS BECOME COLLEGE SWEETHEARTS AND, EVENTUALLY, THE PLANS THEY MAKE STRETCH FROM WHAT YOU’RE DOING NEXT WEEKEND TO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AFTER GRADUATION. SYLVIE GOES TO ONE OF THE BEST MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY, AND THEY DON’T STRAY TOO FAR AWAY FROM EACH OTHER. BUT THEN TRAGEDY STRIKES: MR. VON STURLER’S FACE IS PLASTERED ALL OVER THE LOCAL NEWS. A KNOWN VENTURE CAPITALIST IS ACCUSED OF FINANCIAL CRIMES. SYLVIE RUSHES HOME TO AN EMPTY HOUSE, A DISTRAUGHT MOTHER, AND A FATHER WHO HAS DISAPPEARED FROM BOTH THE AUTHORITIES AND HIS OWN FAMILY. AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MESS THAT HAS BECOME SYLVIE’S LIFE, SHE GETS PROPOSED TO. SHOCKED, BUT ACHINGLY IN LOVE, SYLVIE SAYS YES. LIFE DECEPTIVELY RETURNS TO ITS NORMAL RHYTHM, UNTIL DOUBT AND SHAME STARTS FILLING SYLVIE’S MIND. SHE GRADUATES—BUT INSTEAD OF GOING FOR THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM SHE ALWAYS PLANNED TO, SHE CHOSES ANOTHER PATH, BREAKS HER ENGAGEMENT, AND TURNS HER BACK ON EVERYTHING SHE’S KNOWN, INCLUDING HER EX-FIANCE. NOW IT’S BEEN FOUR YEARS AND SYLVIE’S FINALLY DONE WITH HER RESIDENCY. SHE STILL CARES FOR HER EX-FIANCE, STILL HAS LOVE FOR THEM, AND DOESN’T HAVE ILL FEELINGS TOWARDS THEM AT ALL. WHY THE EX-FIANCE IS IN PINEHAVEN AND HOW THEY CURRENTLY FEEL TOWARDS SYLVIE IS UP TO YOU ! they should look like EMMA D’ARCY, SUPRIYA GANESH, KOFI SIRIBOE, GABRIEL LEONE, OR UTP and be between the ages of 30 and 32.