Vixen - Jia Lissa - Travelling Alone File

And for the first time all journey, Jia Lissa wasn’t hiding. She was arriving.

Jia turned from the window. For the first time in weeks, she looked another woman in the eyes without performing. Without choreographing her expression. “And what’s your story?” Vixen - Jia Lissa - Travelling Alone

Vixen smiled. It was a small, dangerous curve of the mouth. “The world doesn’t go backwards. Only we do. Trying to outrun a version of yourself you left in a different time zone?” And for the first time all journey, Jia

A flush crept up Jia’s neck. She righted the novel—some pretentious thing she’d bought at a station kiosk—and set it aside. “Maybe I like watching the world go backwards.” Vixen - Jia Lissa - Travelling Alone