“Sorry. I came here in a hurry and didn’t manage to grab my phone,” I admitted.

“Ha, no problem! I haven’t even started the app yet. You can pay me once you’re home,” she replied generonty

I was honestly pretty surprised by that.

I gave her the address as she entered it into her car’s GPS. The car smoothly steered out of the parking lot and onto the driveway.

Her phone rang after a while. She connected it to her Bluetooth earphones,

“Hello? Oh, yeah, I left. Mm–hmm. Just call your own driver!

“Why? Well, something happened! I didn’t have time to inform you, but trust me, you’ll love it once I tell you a home.

“For real, no cap. Anyway, can’t talk–driving! Byeee!”

I glanced at the rear–view mirror instinctively.

Was I hallucinating? A young, lean man stood by the roadside where we had just left.

The morning rays illuminated him, bringing warmth to his cool, collected demeanor. His presence seemed to purify the air and silence the noise around him.

He looked almost ethereal.

He had his phone pressed to his ear. I couldn’t see his face clearly from this distance, but something about him felt familiar. Had I seen him before?

could figure anything out, the young woman hung up and giggled. “That was from my folks. They doubt I could be an Uber driver,

I smiled silently.

tell from her personality–she had to be her family’s precious sweetheart, never denied love or care.

elite family, but I never received any warmth or affection from my parents.

marriage and the divorce that most of the

fought each other was stressful and ugly for

The number of people who loved me dwindled even more. My father and his new wife

up inside me. Just thinking back on what had happened last night made me feel even

was there in life, anyway? Everything felt so meaningless.

thoughts. “Oh my God! Girl, you’re naturally beautiful! You’re not even wearing makeup, and

thoughts and smiled. “Aww, aren’t

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to lighten my

night’s sleep! I probably looked awful.

sincere! You’re really pretty. You must have a pretty personality,

was stunned into

no hint of ulterior motives

certain it was just flattery, but it didn’t make me dislike her. In fact, I found myself liking her

How odd…

my home. I collected the payment and handed her 65

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