1 and half year back

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All was perfect. For a while.

Saba and Bilal's wedding was majestic, as the bride requested and Mikhail had the girl of his dreams.

Well almost.

Nila hadn't said yes, for her parents walked in whilst she was getting over the shock of his question, but she softened towards him.

She smiled a lot more, her light mocha cheeks stretching.

She rolled her eyes from across the room as if they were sharing a private joke.

She liked all the memes he sent her on social media.

And then the time for all to depart from Omar came, with the newly weds on their honeymoon, and Mikhail was ready for his answer.

"So, all set?" He tried to break the ice at the airport waiting area.

"Yes." She replied in a monotone voice.

Nila slipped her coins to pay for her Sprite, and slipped her hands into the vending machine to grab it.

"Ugh, Sprite. Pepsi is so much better." Mikhail said, unnerved.

The girl finally turned towards him, her brown eyes having lost their warmth.
For a moment it seemed like she might say something, with her lips parted, but she closed them again and walked away.

Away from his life for the next one and a half year.

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What could have gone wrong?