We both went silent after a long drive. I knew he was now worried, and perhaps, waiting for me to ask him to stop before one hotel or the other, or, maybe I should make it clear that I merely wanted a drive around the city of Abidjan without branching anywhere, but if that was his thoughts, then, he was wrong.
“Music, if you have any.” I broke the silence, but he wasn’t ready to say something, he was probably bored of driving around without a destination.
I watched him turn on the stereo. It was connected to his phone’s Bluetooth, so, he had to do the little job of tapping into his music app to choose a song. He did all that in a hurry, and boom, it came, Pas Sans Toi by Lara Fabian.
I rested my head on the headrest. He seemed to have read my mind. That piece was Julia’s best. S
