Chapter 29: Take Me Back

Laura decided she would stop by the cafe and see if Alex was there on her way to orchestra rehearsal. The cafe had just opened and he was not in line or seated. The line was all the way out the door.

She considered waiting and picking up a carton of coffee and some pastries for her fellow musicians, when she saw someone that was trying to get her attention. Unsure how to respond, she decided to skip the purchase and swiftly move out of line.

He was calling to her now, “Laura, Laura,” with a plaintive cry that was distantly familiar and able to make her soul ache deeply. “Laura, please come.”

She figured that if the mysterious man tried to hurt her, the entire line of cafe customers would serve as witnesses, if not also as defenders. She made a cautious move a few steps closer to him, this man who was down on his luck.