“They’re calling boarding,” he snapped. “I have to go. Love you. Mean it.”
He disconnected before I could answer.
Except he did not disconnect all the way.
His thumb missed the end-call button, or the universe finally grew tired of the humiliation and decided I had earned one clean, unfiltered truth.
The screen tilted down toward the airport floor. I watched his shoes cross polished tile. I heard his breath, lighter now, eager rather than burdened. Then a voice slid through the speaker that I would have recognized through fire.
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