After Five Years
“You have everything now. A career, friends, a life you built yourself. Why are you still hesitant?”
The answer didn’t come that night. But as I walked home, my steps felt more assured. I didn’t reply to Sean’s message. Not out of anger, not out of fear. But because I chose not to open a door I had already closed.
The next day, I returned to my routine. Operations, consultations, little laughs with Dita in the break room. But that afternoon, while I was filling out reports, Rika called.
“Aisha, are you free tonight? I’m near the hospital. There’s something I want to tell you,” she said, her voice full of enthusiasm.