Almost Yours
Apologies came fast then, tangled with excuses and urgency, as if speed could undo damage.
She wasn’t interested in speed anymore.
She was interested in direction.
Rihanna ducked into a small café she’d passed twice already, the windows fogged slightly from warmth inside. She ordered a coffee she’d never tried before, mispronounced it, laughed softly at herself when the barista corrected her. It felt good—this small, ordinary mistake that belonged only to her.
She sat by the window and opened her laptop.
Not to check messages.
To work.
Emails waited. Orientation details. A reminder about her first day. A list of things she’d need to bring. Names she didn’t recognize yet—people who would soon