She entered the room on a cloud of perfection. Her creamy calves crossed as she settled into the cafe armchair.
'Hello,' he said, in a deep and gravelly voice. It's been a while.
She smiled, a smile that filled the room with light and birdsong.
'I have waited for this moment for many long years,' she said, standing up to fall into his open arms.
Finally the absence was over. The hateful marriage was history and her new love story with the handsome man from a distant past would begin.
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