She didn’t understand why Nola suddenly took the initiative to talk to her.

Nola approached with a warm, unsettling smile.

“It’s been ages!

You’ve changed so much.

She secretly sized Stella up.

“What’s your profession now? I’ve just returned from abroad and am settling in Seamarsh.

We should catch up more often.

Oh, and I brought someone back with me, someone you definitely know.

Stella’s heart sank at the insinuation, a sense of foreboding washing over her.

As Nola called out, “Leo, look who’s here.

that name,

the man in the white

years had

Stella’s mind

who had left for foreign shores

to her

chapter of her life

intention of reopening past wounds or

“Let’s go, Besty.

She grasped Besty’s hand, ready to depart from the uncomfortable

away, Leo interjected, his voice laced with

time no

held hers, complex

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together, Leo had

seemed even more

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