~ Fairfield ~
Sarah and Aiden reached the apartment just before sunrise.
Sarah looked around and everything was in its place, just how she remembers it. She thought how that apartment is like a time capsule, never changing while preserving happy memories. Everywhere she looks, she can see flashes of images which warm her heart… two of them sitting on the sofa and working on their laptops, two of them at the desk in the corner looking at the PC screen and discussing some designs, two of them at the dining table and sharing a meal he cooked, two of them…
"What do you want to do?", Aiden asked after keeping the suitcase in the closet.
"How about we sleep? I slept in the plane, but I know you didn't. And based on your look, it seems you are not sleeping well for a while."
He scratched his head shyly like a kid who was caught in a mischief. "That obvious?"