Year after year, after year, and on that same date, Nana found her way back to that town, to that place, and to that spot where she'd first seen Elara's body.
She did this for 19 while years, hoping that Elara would have returned somehow, in some way. She had no idea how Elara was going to come back. Or if she was ever going to come back. But it was worth the wait and the hope, so she kept going back there.
It was the twentieth anniversary of Elara's death and Nana had already packed her things to return to that town (in disguise so that she wouldn't draw any attention to herself).
As always, she waited for the miracle. Perhaps Elara would come to give her a surprise hug from behind, or call her name from afar off, waving with a bright smile on her face; maybe she'd bump into her som
