Over tea, Celeste hesitantly began to open up about the past. Sipping the warm liquid, she recounted her story with Marcel. "Your father, Marcel, and I… we were deeply in love once," Celeste admitted, her voice trembling slightly. Lisa listened intently, each word unraveling a piece of the mystery. "But life had different plans," Celeste continued, her eyes growing distant as memories flooded back. The room seemed to pulsate with the emotions left unspoken for so long, and Lisa felt the gravity of the moment.