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“No thank you, I haven’t decided yet,” I said.
She smiled and started to speak, but I didn’t hear her.
Instead, I was focused on a figure, one that I saw outside the opposite window.
I stared at it, then, looked at Erik, considering what to do.
The answer was simple.
I waited until he looked away and followed a pull that wouldn’t be ignored.
“I’m sorry, I’ll come back later,” I whispered to the waitress, though my attention was still riveted on the figure.
I got closer, following her as she looked over her shoulder and started to walk faster.
I did too, feeling compelled to keep up. Knowing Davit would be angry, that Erik would be worried, but at least in that moment, unworried.
I didn’t know why I had to follow her, but I did, getting closer, even as the figure moved more quickly.
She was a step away, slowed down by a throng of school children crossing the street.
This was my chance.
I got closer, then closer, then reached out.
“Do I—”
“Who are you?”
I looked into the eyes of a nervous, near terrified woman.
One that I certainly didn’t recognize.
“I’m sorry. I thought you were someone else,” I said.
She looked at me like I was insane, understandable given how I was acting, and then walked away.
I did the same, went back to the café, but was still distracted.
I knew I’d seen something, but I didn’t know what.
I told myself I was tired, that the excitement and all the changes were getting to me.
I started to head home, ignoring Erik, who hadn’t said a word. But words weren’t necessary. I knew there was a reckoning.
One that apparently would come sooner than I’d thought.
An SUV pulled up beside me.
The window cracked, and I smiled when I saw Davit.
He didn’t return the expression.
I got in, steeled myself for what was to come.
“You’re back early,” I said when he didn’t break the silence.
“I got a call that you had run off,” he said.
