Fiction
by Joba
Feb 28, 2024
She was absentmindedly listening to her colleagues’ chatter
on a warm April evening —though it was pleasantly cold inside the office—and
surfing through Facebook, when a face suddenly jumped out at her. Almost
immediately, the cacophony around her seemed to melt away, making her oblivious
to everything else except those intense eyes staring at her from the screen.
She remembers that day vividly—it was a Saturday night and
she was in office as usual. Being a journalist, she worked