The woman was daydreaming. She had her hands clenched around her coffee cup, coffee long cold, as she sat in McCafe pondering. She stared into space, not seeing the other customers, not seeing the people rushing by, on the other side of the window.
His voice was raspy, he seemed to be gasping for each breath between his words.
She couldn't place the voice, but the things he knew about her, she couldn't help but wonder about it all.
As she absentmindedly finished her stone cold coffee it suddenly dawned on her where she'd heard that voice before. It was such a long time ago and her memory of what had been said had long since faded, but the voice was painfully clear.
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