A short story from Takahashi Katsuhiko's horror collection, Akuma no toriru (The Devil's Trill). A middle-aged couple trying to save their marriage return to a town they visited on their honeymoon. There the husband is thrust into a parallel world where his wife has been waiting, feeling for him as she had on the day they were married. Longing to be able to go back and start over can hurt so much...

Takahashi Katsuhiko (b.1947 in Iwate)
Sharaku Murder Case, 1983, 29th Edogawa Ranpo Prize
Somondani, 7th Yoshikawa Eiji Literature Rookie Prize
Hokusai Murder Case, 1987, 40th Japan Mystery Writers' Club Prize
Kaen, 2000, 34th Yoshikawa Eiji Literature Prize
53rd NHK Hoso Bunka Prize in 2001
Homura Tatsu and Hojo Tokimune, were produced into the NHK Through-the-Year Drama