Mason had bid farewell to San Francisco, returning to his career pursuits elsewhere. His departure had been swift, leaving him with only a brief window of time in the city after his birthday.
Unfortunately, those two days had fallen on a weekend, depriving him of the opportunity to meet Kiara one last time before his departure.
Kiara, seeing the fact of connecting with Mason as 'not a big deal' before, was now buying into Ethan's words.
Kiara's perspective had shifted; she was now grappling with the possibility that she might have missed a significant chance to reconnect with Mason. She couldn't shake off the feeling that she had let an important opportunity slip away.
"Maybe I'll never get to meet him again," she thought, her mind lingering on the what-ifs and the potential consequences of her earlier nonchalance.