Engaged couple Zakarias and Julian are convinced nothing can separate them ... until a global pandemic hits. Zakarias catches the virus with mild symptoms and isolates in the couple’s guest house.<br><br>The few meters dividing them might as well be the moon as he watches Julian, an ICU nurse, work himself to the bone, unable to support him the way he needs. Frustration and worry build as the weeks pass.<br><br>Will Zakarias be declared healthy before Julian burns out?

So Far Away

I send back a Love you, toobefore going back to sleep.  4


The fever doesn’t return for the next two days, but I don’t get a result of my test either.


“It’s very frustrating, I know,” Julian says, “but in all fairness, lots of people are getting tested now. The labs are all backed up.”


I know this, of course, the news reports on it daily. They also report on falling numbers overall, and Julian hasn’t seen a death in days, so it’s all very encouraging. And for the most part, I manage to stay positive. If I allow myself to yell my frustration in the shower, no one but me will know.


On the second day after the test, one of Julian’s colleagues calls in sick, and he needs to work overtime on the night shift. So when we meet outside the morning three days after my test, he’s exhausted and half asleep on his feet, and I keep our interactions short and send him to bed.


Chapter 13