Chapter 3: The Distance Between Dreams
Chapter 3: The Distance Between Dreams
By summer, Daniel's memoir had become a national bestseller.
Architecture magazines wanted interviews.
Television programs invited him to speak.
Then came an opportunity he couldn't refuse.
A six-month project designing a sustainable community in Copenhagen.
"I don't want to lose you," Daniel confessed the night before his flight.
Emma stared across the Brooklyn Bridge.
"I've already lost someone once."
"You won't lose me."
"You can't promise that."
Daniel gently tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
"No."
"I can only promise I'll keep coming back."
The months apart were harder than either of them expected.
Time zones replaced dinner dates.
Video calls replaced long walks.
Sometimes exhaustion ended conversations before they truly began.
Doubts quietly crept into the spaces between them.
One evening Emma missed three of Daniel's calls.
By the time she returned them...
He was asleep.
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For the first time since they met...
The silence hurt.
