"When you've made up your mind, you can come home anytime." With that, he grabbed the cake and left.
Home? Whose home? Is it yours and Sydney's home? How laughable.
The cab slowly stopped in front of the dessert shop, "Hello, is this your ordered cab?"
"Yes, the last four digits are 8210." Ivana withdrew her gaze and placed her luggage into the car's trunk.
The driver said, "Got it. Destination, San Diego Airport."
"Yes, please hurry." Ivana took one last look at the shop, a place she had once built with Ernest, full of hope.
When she was 19, she loved him from afar, too afraid to disturb, she only watched him quietly. At the age of 22, she stayed by his side wholeheartedly. The dream of her youth came true and her heart was full of joy. At 27, it all felt like a fleeting dream, vanishing without a trace.
She closed the car door, her gaze and heart as still as dead water, devoid of any ripples.
