She leaned back, letting the breeze brush past her face. The town that once felt like a strange stopover now felt like home. The quiet didn’t scare her anymore. It held her. The past still existed, sure—but it didn’t sting like it used to.
As she watched Pablo hop around and nibble the flowers on the bushes, she heaved a sigh of content . The world felt gentle again, for once, the quiet hum of life around her lulling her into a peace she hadn’t realized she still craved.