CLAIRE

Julian and I had talked about travelling together a long time ago, him mentioning it almost casually one evening on the couch.

*Once things settle down, I want to take you with me when I travel for work. London. Tokyo. Singapore. I don't want to do any of it alone anymore.*

I'd smiled and said I'd like that, and then everything happened and Tokyo became something said in a different lifetime.

But Julian hadn't forgotten, three weeks after his last day as CEO, he came home and set two plane tickets on the kitchen counter without saying anything.

Tokyo, departing Friday. I looked at the tickets then at him....