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He remembered not going home that night, and that yesterday, he had gone home just to get Tiffany’s gift. He didn’t give me a single
moment of his time in those last few days.
He had been with Tiffany the whole time. 07
Jake sat in the airport for three hours. He looked at every corner, every space, and flashbacks were playing like a movie reel in his brain.
Eight years ago, we’d first met at security. It was my first flight and I was a mess. I’d even dropped my work ID. It was him who picked it up for me.
After that, he started meeting me for late–night diner dates. Then, once, then twice. We started dating. We had spent time in every corner of the airport together.
And even better, we got assigned to the same
flight route! It was like a dream for every flight-
couple. We flew together all over the country,
all over the world.
Everyone at work was jealous. Five years later,
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we even had our wedding there, at that same
airport.
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My colleagues would say, if it wasn’t for Tiffany,
we’d be together for another five years, maybe
even another five after that.
But I knew, even without Tiffany, there would’ve
been someone else. Love or no love, that’s all
up to ourselves, not who is there.
