Evander took a deep breath, letting it out slowly. His eyes gazed out the window at the Indonesian landscape he hadn't seen in years. For a moment, his chest tightened. It was as if the very oxygen he breathed was different from the air in the country he had left only hours before.
It felt sharper and more piercing, making his heart stop for a second. All the memories and events from years ago seemed to haunt him once more. The pain, the shattered hope of marrying the girl he adored.
Five years had passed. Evander had thought time would erase it all, that opening his heart to Hazel and starting a new relationship in a foreign land would be enough. But it wasn't. The moment his feet touched Indonesian soil again, everything came rushing back, a constant backdrop to his thoughts as he walk
