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<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\nEvery Friday evening, Anna waited at the same train station.<\/p>\n
She had been waiting for three years.<\/p>\n
Her childhood sweetheart, Lucas, had left their town to find work in another country.<\/p>\n
Before leaving, he promised:<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery Friday, I’ll think of you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anna smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I’ll wait here.\u201d<\/p>\n
At first, Lucas called every week.<\/p>\n
Then every month.<\/p>\n
Eventually, the calls stopped.<\/p>\n
People told Anna to move on.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’re wasting your life,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n
But she continued visiting the station.<\/p>\n
One rainy Friday, an old man sat beside her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho are you waiting for?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy husband,\u201d Anna answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs he coming?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
The old man smiled sadly.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife used to wait for me here too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anna looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe did?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes. I returned twenty years later.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy so long?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I was afraid I wasn’t good enough for her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anna looked toward the tracks.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid she forgive you?\u201d<\/p>\n
The old man smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe married me again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Years later, Anna stopped waiting at the station.<\/p>\n
Not because she had stopped loving Lucas.<\/p>\n
She simply realized that love should not require someone to disappear from your life.<\/p>\n
She opened a small caf\u00e9 near the station.<\/p>\n
One rainy evening, an old man entered.<\/p>\n
He was carrying a worn suitcase.<\/p>\n
Anna looked up.<\/p>\n
Her heart stopped.<\/p>\n
Lucas whispered:<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m sorry I’m late.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anna stared at him for a long moment.<\/p>\n
Then she smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cVery late.\u201d<\/p>\n
They both laughed.<\/p>\n
Sometimes love doesn’t end.<\/p>\n
Sometimes it simply takes the longest route home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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