One afternoon in San Francisco, Adaline purchases a fake ID at an apartment before returning jomw to feed her dog. She then goes to work and opens a bix of film reels, including one that explains her life.
On New Year's Eve, in the present year. She attends a party with a friend. She sits at a table, introducing one of her friends to a man. That was when she spotted a man with a sharp jawline and long,dark hair eyeing her from across the room.
After the party, Adaline gets into a lift. Suddenly, as the lift doors were closing, a hand came in between and opened the doors. To her suprise, it was the man from the party.
The man introduces himself as Ellis Jones. Adaline introduced herself as Jennifer, to cover her identity. They then started chatting until the lift reaches the ground floor. As Adaline called for a taxi, Ellis asks Adaline if he can ever see her again, but she refuses. Then, she got into a taxi, leaving Ellis behind.
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The next day, at Adaline's work place, Ellis arrives and again asks her to go on a date with him. Jenny hesitated, but finally agrees.After their second date, they spemt the night together looking at the stars. Ellis then leans in close to Adaline, cupping his hands on her chin, and kisses her under the moonlight.
In a flashback, Adaline pulls up im a cab to a park where a man is waiting for her, holding a ring. Scared, she asks the cab driver to continue driving as she was afraid that man will propose to her.
Back in the present, Adaline's dog falls ill and she begin to ingnore Ellis's calls. He shows up at her apartment, but she pushes him away, only to have a change of heart while looking through some old photographs. She then realises,that she doesnt want to live the same year a hundred times, and actually live a normal life.
She then calls Ellis, and resolve their argument. After that, Ellis asks Adaline, as in Jenny, to attend the party at his parent's house, celebrating his parent's fourtienth anniversary, and she says yes. Upon their arrival, Ellis introduces Adaline, as Jenny, to his family. His father, William looked at Adaline in curiousity. Then he opened his eyes wide and and utter the name "Adaline,you......you're Adaline Bowman!"
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The Age of Adaline
Short StoryThe age of Adaline is a romance fantasy about a woman who stops aging after an accident at the age of 29. Read to know more about the story