Now, new pathways seemed to have opened up. She spent an amazing evening with Árpád and a casual friendship had already started to develop between her and Marika. These were all new experiences that emerged only after she arrived in Budapest. The physical choice of paths over the bridge seemed to also symbolize to Lillianna the many more paths and choices sure to come during her Budapest journey. Árpád stood next to her now in the pleasant light of the early evening and together they rejoined the footpath that headed over the bridge back to Pest.
“State Aid has never been so interesting or this much fun.” Lillianna pushed back her hair after a gentle gust of wind had swept it out of place.
Árpád seemed to be lost in thought as he looked out at the river but had still heard what she said.
