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When Miles Fade Away
The weathered ๐ŸŒ— wooden swing squeaked a haunting melody as Maya sat, mesmerized by sunset ๐ŸŽด color ๐ŸŽจ the evening ๐ŸŒ˜ sky ๐ŸŒ™๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒ† in bursts of orange ๐Ÿ†š and purple. โ™๐ŸŸช Her ๐Ÿจ finger ๐ŸคŒ followed the etched letters ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ "J&M" on the old ๐Ÿ‘ด wood ๐ŸŒฒ โ€“ proof ๐Ÿงพ of the love ๐Ÿซฐ๐ŸŒน๐Ÿ˜ that found life ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿงฌ under ๐Ÿซฉ the same sky ๐Ÿˆณ as hers ๐Ÿจ now wore thin under ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ณ the strain of time ๐Ÿ•– and miles. James, her ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™‚๏ธ James, was thousands of miles away, ๐Ÿ’จ following his ๐Ÿ‘‹ ambition to be a marine ๐Ÿชผ biologist ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ at a distant research ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ facility in the Arctic. ๐Ÿปโ€โ„๏ธ Their romance ๐Ÿ’ began like ๐Ÿ’’ a fairy ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿง tale. ๐Ÿ‘น College ๐ŸŽ“ sweethearts, never ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช apart, their laughter ๐Ÿ˜… filling ๐Ÿฅง the campus corridors. But ๐Ÿ˜ฅ his dream, ๐Ÿ’ค๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ which had always hung in the wings, ๐Ÿชฝ๐Ÿ‘ผ had come ๐Ÿซด to a screaming ๐Ÿ˜ฑ ambition. He ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™‚๏ธ was offered ๐Ÿซด๐Ÿซฒ it, a lifetime opportunity,...