They drove to the station in silence, rehearsing lines they’d never say: We’re sorry. We should have fought harder. We didn’t know how to live without you, so we learned. She sat across from them in borrowed clothes, shoulders squared like someone bracing for impact, not embrace. They recognized her eyes but not the way they scanned exits before meeting anyone’s gaze. Love rushed in; certainty did not.
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