She stood still, her eyes moving slowly over her surroundings, trying to make sense of it. The place was crowded. People moved around her in all directions, brushing past without apology, their voices overlapping into a noise she couldn’t separate.
Music played somewhere in the distance.
She frowned slightly.
This didn’t make sense.
She didn’t remember coming here.
She turned, scanning faces, expecting to recognize someone. Anyone. But no one looked familiar. Not even a little.
A shoulder knocked into hers.
She stepped back, steadying herself, her gaze sharpening now.
“Sorry,” she muttered automatically, even though the person was already gone.
Something about it felt off.
Like she had missed something important.
Like she was supposed to be with someone.
Her chest tightened sli
