Chapter 27

Rafael's heavy jet, with eleven passengers, took off the brightly lit tarmac in Berlin two days earlier than it should have. As the engines roared and the strong winds buffeted before the storm hit, his mind was racing with excitement. 

He watched the sun go down and looked at his watch, wondering what Ruhi must be doing. There were thousands of miles to go before reaching home.

It was around this time yesterday when he realized it was soon going to be thirty days from the day he met Ruhi.

'One month down and eleven more to go. Only eleven more,' he thought. 

The last four weeks went by in the blink of an eye. If time was going to run so fast, he wanted to make the most of it.

"I don't want to be in Berlin on the 30th. I can't be." He told his managing director and got everything canceled or delegated out of the blue. 

'Can't go a minute without thinking about her.' Admitting defeat, he acknowledg