Aella slings her bag over her shoulder and texts Faël to make sure everybody has left. After a few moments Aella decides to go and check it out herself. She walks down the steps and encounters a spiders web in the face, which isn't pleasent. Faël laughs and gets a napkin to wipe it off her face. 

Her phone buzzed and Aella looks at it "I wish people would stop saying sorry for my loss, it's not like it really matters." She whispered to herself but Faël heard "Talking about your dad?" she asks as she makes a coffee and serves it to someone at the counter.  Aella shrugs "yeah, can I let you in on a huge secret that you can't tell anyone?" "Cross my heart," Faël replies and mimes. Aella nods "Okay then. I didn't really care about my dad.".  Faël looks interested and solemn at the same time "What do you mean?" "Well, we never got on. Father never liked me out of the rest, and I'll never know why.".  Faël shrugs and gives Aella an iced coffee. "Can you cover for me?" asks Aella and Faël nods "sure, why?" "Because I'm going to Oceans. Then we'll attend the funeral.".

Three hours later Aella is sitting on the train to San Diego from Los Angeles, then she'll get a plane to London Heathrow. Her phone chimes and she spares a quick glance at the carriage around her before opening her messages, its Ocean. 'Hi sis. Where are you now?' 'Jeez Oce. I just got on the train, I'll get the flight soon!' 'Okay sorry. When did I last text?' '20 minutes ago!!! C'mon, let me just  rest a bit, it's been a long day. I'll see you like, tomorrow or something.' 'Okay sis. x'

Aella rests her head against the back of the seat and prays for a safe journey. The last stop is San Diego so she doesn't have to worry if she falls asleep.  She starts to worry, what if she misses the flight? What if something goes wrong or something is delayed? And how could she just leave Faël alone to look after the entire cafe? She'd never hear the end of it if something went wrong, Aella thought as she drifted into a deep sleep.