Chapter 19

Autumn is creeping in Berlin.

The plane trees lining the streets fade to golden, their leaves curling at the edges before the wind picks up – they twirl, flutter, swirl, and slowly and obediently descend.

They fall one layer after another onto the cobblestone streets, crunching gently underfoot.

The seasons change, just like life.

I adapted faster than I expected.

The transition was almost effortless.

The enrollment process was smooth. I became part of the professor’s research lab, integrating into the rhythm of early mornings and late nights, the meticulous data collection, and the sterile smell of the lab.

For the first six months, I shadowed senior researchers – observing, learning, making mistakes.

By the end of the year, I had become a mentor myself.

“Interesting, isn’t it?” my professor mused one afternoon, leaning back in his chair and browsing a set of reports.

“You didn’t come after graduation, you bet you regretted it.”

I laughed.

Regret?How could I regret it?

At that time, I never hesitated.

I just don’t have the money.

That’s the only thing holding me back.

Upon hearing this, one of the senior fellows next to me the one who mentored me when I first joined–looked at me

and a look of elusiveness flashed across his face.

his expression and smiled

me like that,” I joked. “I’m doing well now,

Very well.

everything I needed, and I

to remind me that I made the

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the future.I’ll make more.

knew that on the day I left, Pax came looking for me.

apartment we

bring Nina’s parents, calling them as witnesses to something he should

Brown family had paid a

Pax didn’t care.It was done.

he rushed to

steps hurried, the words already forming on his

It’s all

stopping us

five minutes before he arrived, I had already boarded

from the night he kicked it open days ago.

the hinges groaned, the

stepped inside, the words on the tip

there wasn’t

different girl,the

Berlin.

him, startled, a flicker of confusion crossing her

you left the

a punch to the

time in his life he was panicked.

grabbed her shoulders, his fingers tightening, his

“Where is she?”

to Norway isn’t for two more

I hadn’t told anyone. No

were already fumbling for his phone, his fingers

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