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THE SPACE BETWEEN WHAT WAS AND WHAT COULD BE

Penulis: Olawoye Temiloluwa
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-12-21 01:27:24

CHAPTER 23 — THE SPACE BETWEEN WHAT WAS AND WHAT COULD BE

The drive back from the coastal town was quieter than the journey there, but it wasn’t the uncomfortable kind of silence. It felt… thoughtful. Like both of them were carrying something delicate inside their chests and were afraid that speaking too soon might break it.

Jamal kept one hand on the steering wheel, the other resting lightly near the gearshift, tapping every now and then in a rhythm that revealed the things his lips weren’t ready to say. Yara noticed. She always noticed him—even in the years she wasn't supposed to.

At a traffic light on Falomo Bridge, he finally glanced her way.

“You’ve been quiet,” he said.

She smiled softly. “So have you.”

“I didn’t want to rush your thoughts.”

“And I didn’t want to assume yours.”

There it was—the gentle tug of an old misunderstanding between them. They both laughed, the realisation almost funny now. Jamal shook his head.

“We used to think silence meant danger,” he said.

“And now?”
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