The Afterglow of Us
The ambulance siren wailed shrilly in my ears, yet the world had never felt quieter.
Expressionless, I opened the airline app and rescheduled my ticket.
My new departure time was tonight at eleven.
This time, I would be gone for good.
…
The next morning, soft music drifted through the hotel restaurant.
Liam barely touched his breakfast. His mind was in turmoil, haunted by the image of my thin, solitary figure from yesterday.
On the wall-mounted TV, the morning news played. The anchor's crisp, formal voice rang out, "At approximately 3 p.m. yesterday, a serious accident occurred on Clem Road in the suburbs…"
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