CHAPTER 97: NEW BEGINNINGS

The anxiety forces me to swerve back with urgency

and I see him, standing by the cab and watching me

with this small and distant smile on his lips.

"You're not coming?" I ask, not wanting to feel the

way I do.

I realize just how scared I am of the things brimming

between the both of us. Just how far from ready I am

for the next chapter in our lives.

"No, I have a lot of paper work and stuff to do back

home. It would take a week before I'm done and

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