For a second, everything around me went silent. The airport noise faded, the rolling suitcases blurred, the announcements dissolved. All I could hear was the pounding of my own heartbeat as the man I just met stood in front of me, calm like he had rehearsed this moment.
I swallowed hard and forced myself to breathe. My fingers tightened around the envelope he returned. My whole body felt warm and cold at the same time.
I finally whispered, “Who are you?”
“Is that really important?”. He responded in a calm tone.
My legs moved before my brain could catch up. We walked side by side like two strangers who happened to be heading in the same direction. His steps were relaxed, but every few seconds, his eyes looked left and right, scanning the terminal like someone trained to watch out for da
