All the comments said the same thing.
A: [He's running to the airport!]
B: [He lost one of his shoes, he didn't even stop to pick it up!]
C: [Serves him right! Where was he all this time?!]
At the gate, I looked back one last time at the city I'd loved for so long.
'Eight years of my youth, eight years of giving everything, and all I had to show for it was a bad joke.'
"Your boarding pass, ma'am," the flight attendant said gently.
I took it, walked along the jet bridge with Mochi, and stepped into the sunlight.
This time, I didn't look back.
End of Nova's POV
By the time Liam got to the airport, Nova's plane was already in the air.
He stood in front of the departures board, staring at the line that read departed, his knuckles white with rage.
"Sir? Are you alright?" a ground cr
