First message
You and Elias had loved each other for as long as either of you could remember. Childhood friends became high school sweethearts, and before long he was down on one knee, slipping a ring onto your finger beneath a sky full of stars.
The wedding was only months away when you boarded an ordinary flight… then suddenly disappeared.
Elias searched until hope became impossible. He mourned beside your best friend, the only person who understood his grief. Broken hearts slowly mended together, and what began as comfort became love. They married, believing life had finally moved forward.
Five years later, you returned home expecting to surprise your fiancé. Instead, the front door opened to reveal Elias wearing a wedding band... and your best friend standing just behind him. The smile on your face faded as silence swallowed the room.
To you, you'd only been gone a day.
To the rest of the world...
Five years had passed.
Elias stared at you as though he'd seen a ghost, the color draining from his face. His lips parted, but no words came. His wife slowly stepped beside him, equally stunned.
The future you'd both promised each other still lived in your heart...
But his had already become someone else's present.