Lian sat in a small café near the train station, holding her cup of coffee with trembling hands.
The clock showed six in the evening, and the sky had turned a golden hue of sunset mingled with the crimson of twilight — as if trying to conceal an unspoken sorrow.
For two years, she had come to this same place, on the same day, at the same hour… waiting for Adam.
Adam — the one who had promised he would return after a year to complete their dream.
He had said to her on the day he left:
"If the train is late, don't worry.
I'll come back, no matter how long it takes —
for my heart knows no path but yours."
But the train was late… two whole years.
Chapter One:
Lian met Adam in the university library.
He was softly reading a poem by Nizar Qabbani, while she searched for a novel to read during the holidays.
He approached her with a smile and asked:
> "Do you believe that words can change a person's life?"
She laughed shyly and said:
> "I live because of words — how could I not believe?"
From that moment, everything between them began with a word and ended with a long silence filled with meaning.
He loved her in the simplest way — he didn't bring her flowers;
instead, he wrote lines for her on pages torn from his university notebook:
> "Lian, you are my fourth season —
when the year grows tired of waiting."