She didn't overreach. She didn't disappear. That was the whole of it.
He mentioned he'd be in the same city. They had coffee for three hours.
She wasn't chasing anything. She was finishing things.
She had not called to discuss anything. That was the point.
The market returned. She was already in position.
He had been asking for six months. In summer, it happened over dinner.
She picked up exactly where she left off. The other person had moved on.
The calendar cleared. So did a few things about his network.
She sent the proposal after summer. The conversation had moved on.
The deal had not yet closed. What he did during Eid decided whether it would.
She knew the host. She didn't know who else was watching.
He stopped by for twenty minutes. It changed the year.
