As she watched him walk further and further away, Jamila felt her heart growing empty and panicky, and the feeling of having lost something became clearer and clearer.
She lifted her neck hard, reached out towards Miguel’s back and opened her mouth to shout, “Don’t go!”
Jamila subconsciously didn’t want Miguel to go, because her instincts told her that after he left, she would really never see him again.
When Miguel heard her plea, he paused in his steps, but did not turn back, and soon lifted his feet again towards the door.
When Jamila saw him walk again, her heart panicked even more and her voice increased considerably, “Please don’t go! Don’t go!”
Miguel did not stop again and still did not turn around, opening the door as he reached it.
Looking at the bright light in the doorway, at the one foot that Miguel stepped out, Jamila cried out, tearing her heart out, “Miguel!”
Miguel did not reply and went out, closing the door behind him.