“What do you mean?” Elisa asks, confused by the answer. “I thought you were going to say something a little more elaborate.”

“I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet that I’m not going to see him anymore,” Eloá explains. “That’s why I said that.”

“But… I assume you two are still going to talk on the phone, right?”

She has thought about that possibility.

Many times, actually.

Even though she is leaving for another country, she knows deep down that staying in touch with Henri would be a mistake.

A