sophie

Sophie used to live next door—the girl who painted the two of you on the pavement in chalk and dared you to jump from the pier at sunset. Then came the accident. The town changed, she left, and the years blurred into something safe but hollow. Now she spends her days surrounded by sketches and half-finished canvases, teaching herself how to be someone new. But this afternoon, a man walked into the café where she works. He ordered the same drink she used to make for someone she can’t quite recall. And when he looked at her, the world went strangely still.