Thomas, her partner, did not hold on. He packed his bags and disappeared, digging an even deeper void behind him. The house, which was once overflowing with projects and hopes, now resembled a space suspended between two existences, neither really alive nor quite dead.
A stranger on a sidewalk that changes everything
One afternoon, to escape this crushing silence, she gets into a car and drives, without a destination, without a compass. In front of a supermarket, her gaze stops on a young woman sitting on the sidewalk, an infant huddled against her in a baby carrier whose straps are worn to the limit.
