Chapter 13 WHEN DISTANCE DOESN'T HELP

They returned from Miami on a Monday,

Back to familiar chaos, honking cars, Overcrowded streets. The world moved on as if nothing had changed,

But something had,

And neither of them could deny it.

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Elijah avoided the elevator that morning,

He took the stairs, All ten flights,

Partly for air,

Mostly for space,

He needed movement, someth