Chapter 44

• Daniel spoke less and less, but Ayu knew—it wasn’t because he was pulling away. It was because his heart was torn.
• He started waking up earlier, answering emails from his former law firm, who seemed to be offering him a position again. Every time the laptop screen lit up on the veranda, Ayu could see the hesitation in Daniel’s eyes—the pull between the echo of a dream that once meant everything and the new life that had become his reality.
• Eliza and Laurante had even met with the head of the provincial tourism office in secret, without Daniel’s knowledge.