Chapter 70: Original Spare Date

The face, the hug, the feeling – they are not just familiar but have been longed for. It’s been three long years since Billie got sick and everything else happened. All the misunderstandings and things that both of them already want to forget have presented themselves again in the moment.

“What time is your flight tomorrow?” Billie asked.

“After lunch,” Zofi said.

“So soon. I was hoping it would be at night,” he said.

“I want to rest a bit before the next flight,” she said.

Billie looks away and stays focused there.

“What is it?” she asked.

He shakes his head while trying to hide the sadness in his eyes with a fake smile.

“You’re turning 29. We are both 29 now and one of us is already taken,” he said.

Zofi understood what he meant.

“It can’t be pushed back anymore this time,” he said.

“Are you assuming that I am going to end up with him?” she asked bravely.

“I know he’s not going to let you go,” he said seriously.

“We are still getting to know more about each other,” she said nervo