The walls of the bakery shop held too many nostalgic echoes, and I wasn't ready to listen to them. I couldn't want to yearn for a possibility that wasn't certain. This reason pushed me to settle for a quiet coffee shop.
Choosing a corner table where I could observe the entrance without being too obvious, I settled in the corner of the coffee shop. The aroma of the coffee and the serene space helped me relax as I replayed everything that had happened to me since the beginning of the new year.
After so much consolation, I asked Vera to return home because the shop wouldn't run until tomorrow. I don't want to attend to my customers in a sour mood.
Though my thoughts were clouded, my eyes were fixed on the entrance, watching for Raphael's familiar face as I waited for him. Since he was t
