Chapter 10

Security protocols meant switching cars and drivers at each transfer point. The vehicles were draped in heavy fabric–even the drivers couldn’t see who rode inside.

After Calista settled into the car, Ken emerged from the house. “Don’t worry, Dad. I’ll get these researchers safely to

the handover site.”

He slid into the driver’s seat and eased the car forward.

Calista sat in silence, her thoughts a tangled mess. What a strange way to say goodbye. At the transfer point, Ken opened the compartment, letting the passengers file out. Calista kept her head down, hat pulled low, as she passed him.

Ken’s heart clenched. He found himself staring at one particular figure before quickly looking away. His mind must be playing tricks–it couldn’t be Calista.

Then a gust of wind snatched the hat from her head.

“Your hat!”

stopped. It really was

face.

why are

someone laughed. “Where else would she

sprinted toward her, wild with desperation.

go!” He reached for her, fingers grasping at empty air. “We grew up together!

engine rumbled to

me first. Let go–the

heart clearly. He had never truly seen her as just a

to live in a world

voice raw. “If you come back, I won’t marry

his side since childhood. “Come on. Get out of the car. I’ll

at his outstretched hand, lost in memory. Those hands had rescued her countless times–from mountain paths, from rainstorms, from

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Years of Love, Seven Minutes

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