While Logan left to retrieve the chessboard, Hazel crossed the hallway and placed the shopping bags on the wall-mounted chairs. She smoothened the creases in her black dress. But just as she was about to take a seat, a familiar face entered her sight.
From the corner of her eyes, she could see that distinct figure that was imprinted somewhere deep in her memories.
Her whole body froze and she stood rooted to her spot.
Only a few seconds had passed yet it felt like an eternity.
Hazel slowly turned around.
'It's impossible. Impossible. It can't be him. Can't be him…'
Her mind seemed to be chanting those words on a loop until she stood while facing the man.
'Boom'
Her mind exploded the moment she saw the face.
It has been over two decades yet it only took one gaze to ascertain that she had not gotten the wrong person.
