“Home,” Ember muttered under her breath. This is not home, Cilia replied quietly. Ember closed her eyes for a second, “Can we not start that already?” she said under her breath, pushing open the door and stepping inside.
She had been standing at the edge of the sidewalk outside her apartment for more than thirty minutes. It’s didn’t feel the same. She felt disconnected from the noise, the traffic and the endless movement of people. Manhattan was exactly the way she left it but nothing felt the same any more.
Ember closed her eyes for a second. “Can we not start that already?” she said under her breath, pushing open the door and stepping inside. Her apartment was still clean and simple the way she had left it. She dropped her bag by the couch, exhaling slowly as she looked around.
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