Back to the Beginning
Six years after a painful departure, she returns to a city transformed, carrying the weight of the past and a deep sense of displacement. Haunted by memories and the question of why she came back, she must confront the changes, both in the city and herself, and decide if she can finally stop running and start over where it all began.
The rhythmic rumble of the taxi was a familiar sound, but the city outside the window was a dizzying blur of change. Six years. Six years since you’d fled this place, leaving behind dreams and heartaches. Now, sitting in the back seat, watching the stop-and-go traffic, you felt like a stranger in your own home. The radio crackled with traffic updates, a frantic soundtrack to the city’s relentless pace.
A street sign flashed by, jolting you. That place, once a jumble of narrow alleys and crumbling buildings, was now a gleaming business district. Everything had changed.
That night, sleep was impossible. The lights outside your window seemed to watch you, asking the question that echoed in your own mind: Why did you come back?
