Sadie was in a sudden whirlwind of panic, her heart racing like a horse escaping the starting gate. She couldn’t fathom why Holden had brought up this long-buried past out of the blue. She stammered with her mind in a fog, “Back then, I felt Like a ship adrift in a storm, thinking you’d cast me off. It tore me apart, and I purged every trace of our shared history in my anguish.”

Holden, his utensils set aside, wore a sly grin.

“Well, reckon you could scour your digital catacombs for those lost remnants. Sometimes, treasures could lurk in the shadowy recesses of some software.”

“I’ll give it a shot when time allows,” Sadie replied. Her palms grew sweaty, and a sense of restlessness gnawed at her like a persistent itch. She added, “But after all these years, the sands of time could have swallowed our digital footprints whole.”

Holden, nodding in reluctant agreement, couldn’t deny the passage of time. He watched as Sadie’s face betrayed her anxiety. When she thought the storm had passed, Holden’s words came forth.

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“By the way, can you recall the gifts I gave you half a decade ago? We could adorn our marital home with some of those cherished relics.”

Sadie answered nonchalantly, though her mind resembled a jigsaw puzzle in disarray, the pieces eluding her grasp like needles on shifting

glimmer of relief could be seen on

awaits.

Sadie rose hastily.

need to be at the set later.

off, leaving Holden nodding, his face

Holden had seldom delved into

been on Adele, his

face had planted seeds of

at the apartment earlier. Each passing

leave, but Holden’s swift hold halted her. He

said, “Adele, Daddy bought you

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