Chapter 21 — Goodbye, For Now
The month that followed unfolded
in a whirlwind of logistics — visa applications, a formal transfer arranged through the Lyon office, an apartment search conducted almost entirely over video calls in rapid French that Camille understood perhaps one word in five of.
Telling Priya proved its own small ordeal. "I'm going to miss you so much, you absolute disaster of a woman," Priya said, hugging her fiercely, insisting her tears were happy ones. "For what it's worth, I never doubted this would happen. Not since that first week, the way you two looked at each other before either of you would admit anything."
"Neither did I, if I'm being honest."
Marcus took the news with quiet seriousness, helping her sort through boxes. "You don't have to worry about us. Ma'
