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Jamal POV

Something told me she wasn't coming, no matter how long I waited.

I checked my watch for the tenth time, feeling impatient and annoyed. It was already half an hour past the time we had agreed to meet. Where was she? Why wasn't she answering my calls or texts?

We had planned this for weeks, ever since I saw her again at her apartment. I had convinced her to give me another chance, to come with me, at the very least I was planning to convince to do it for the sake of our kids, she would learn to love me later, but I just wanted us to be a family.

But she was nowhere to be seen.

I looked around the lobby, hoping to catch a glimpse of her. But all I saw were strangers, busy with their own lives. No one noticed me, sitting on the couch, holding a bouquet of roses. No one cared.

I felt a surge of anger and frustration.

I grabbed my phone and dialed her number again, hoping for a miracle. But all I got was her voicemail.

"Hey, it's Methis. I can't come to the phone right now