The blue acrylic paint hit the crisp white fabric of the choir robe with a heavy, wet slap.
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Chapter 28 / 30
Chapter 28 - DANIEL AND HARRISON
Daniel finally attended a rehearsal.
Harrison saw him.
Two old friends stood awkwardly.
“You look terrible.”
Daniel smiled.
“You became a teacher. Same thing.”
They laughed.
Then silence.
Harrison said:
“I should have called after your hearing loss.”
Daniel nodded.
“You didn't know what to say.”
“No.”
“So you said nothing.”
“Yes.”
Another form of silence.
Daniel had interpreted it as pity.
Harrison thought he was giving space.
Twenty-three years of distance built on unasked assumptions.
They had coffee.
Not reunion miracle.
Just beginning.
Elias watched from hallway.
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