EX MAGGIE

PAST?
Aditi loved roads that led nowhere.
At least, that's what she told herself.
A travel blogger by profession and a wanderer by heart, she had spent years chasing sunsets in unfamiliar cities, getting lost in narrow streets, and collecting memories from places she would probably never visit again. She traveled alone, not because she had no one to accompany her, but because somewhere along the way, solitude became her comfort.
Every trip had a story.
Every destination had a lesson.
And every goodbye became easier than the last.
Or so she believed.
Until one trip changed everything.
One destination. One unexpected encounter. One past she had buried so deep that she convinced herself it no longer existed.
It wasn't a bad memory.
In fact, it held some of the happiest moments of her life.
But it was also the reason she learned how painful happiness could be.
Years had passed.
People said time heals everything.
Aditi wasn't sure if time had healed her or simply taught her how to live with the wound.
Because some people leave your life, but never really leave your heart.
And some stories end, yet somehow continue to haunt every chapter that follows.
She thought this journey would be just another adventure.
She was wrong.
This wasn't a trip to discover a new place.
It was a trip back to everything she had tried to forget.