She doesn’t answer right away. She’s standing in her own kitchen, staring at her suitcase—still unpacked from a trip to São Paulo. For the first time in a decade, she doesn’t want to zip it shut again.
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They meet on a rainy Tuesday night in the crew lounge of London Heathrow’s Terminal 5. Both are stranded. Elena’s flight to Barcelona has been delayed by six hours due to a strike. Santiago’s connection to Dubai has been canceled outright. They end up sharing a sticky table and a bag of overpriced gummy bears from a vending machine. She doesn’t answer right away