Keifers pov:
Airports were meant for movement, not thinking.
Yet here I was—seated by the gate, jacket folded over my arm, passport resting in my hand—doing nothing but thinking.
The announcement echoed overhead.
Boarding would begin soon.
I checked my phone.
No notifications.
Of course.
I hadn't expected one. Not really. Jay had always been strong like that—strong enough to ignore things that could hurt her.
Strong enough to ignore me.
I leaned back in my seat, eyes closing briefly. The night before replayed in fragments: the unsent voicemail, the words I never finished, the way my voice sounded unfamiliar even to myself.
She probably wouldn't listen.
Why would she?
Nine years ago, I'd chosen silence. Now silence was choosing me back.
I exhaled slowly and stood as the line began to move.
Wherever this plane was taking me, I told myself one thing only—
Don't expect anything...
Jay
The apartment was too quiet.
Jay sat on the edge of her bed, phone in both hands, screen glowing softly in the dark. Midnight had passed unnoticed.
The city outside had settled into a low, distant hum.
1 voicemail.
Still.
She stared at the play button until her eyes burned.
"I can do this," she whispered.
Her thumb moved.
Pressed play.
The screen changed.
The timer began to move.
Her breath caught.
And before a single sound could reach her ears—
She pressed stop.
Her heart was racing now, loud in the silence. She dropped the phone onto the bed as if it had burned her fingers.
Not fear.
Not anger.
Anticipation.
She lay back, staring at the ceiling, chest rising and falling unevenly.
Soon, she told herself.
Just not tonight.
Almost
The city was alive.
Cars passed. People crossed streets. Lights changed. Lives moved forward, unaware of how close some moments came to colliding.
A black car slowed near a familiar building..
A man stepped out of a café, phone in his hand, gaze distant.
An elevator descended.
A flight lifted off.
Two people existed in the same stretch of time—close enough to share the same air, far enough to miss each other by minutes.
Fate didn't rush.
It waited.
And somewhere between distance and decision, something long buried was beginning to surface.
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