Chapter 306

Before she knew it, the week had slipped by. Isadora's phone flashed a reminder:

her surgery was scheduled for tomorrow.

Coincidentally, Nanette's flight landed today.

Isadora drove to the airport to pick her up.

Airports always seemed saturated with the bittersweet mix of goodbyes and reunions, with laughter and tears echoing through their halls.

She arrived early, waiting just outside the arrival barriers.

Suddenly, a woman accidentally bumped into her.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!"

“It's alright,” Isadora replied, stepping aside to give the woman some space.

They waited together for over ten minutes, and after a while, the woman struck up a conversation.

"My daughter went to visit her grandparents back home. She's coming back today. This is the longest we've ever been apart."

Isadora offered a polite, understanding smile.

glanced at her and asked, "Are you married,

Isadora shook her head.

woman sighed wistfully. "It's better not to be. Once you're married

loss of freedom, but when the woman spoke of her daughter,

my

as a couple-clearly the grandparents-emerged, each holding the hand of a little

like a tiny princess in

"Sweetheart!"

mother's voice, the girl wriggled free from her grandparents and dashed over,

woman rushed to meet her, scooped her up, and covered her in

reunion, Isadora's eyes softened. She quickly looked away, her

began streaming through the gates, families and

jostled Isadora from behind as the

stomach with her hand, edging away from

a

sent Nanette a message:

minutes later, someone tapped her on the

what are you daydreaming

and oversized, dressed head-to-toe in black leather jacket, skirt, and

behind, wheeling

bag at my

go," Isadora said. "The car's

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