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"Did you get Aline's text?" asked Jean, during Dave's daily phone call after work.

"No, what?"

"She's leaving."

Dave had known Aline almost from day one. Six years ago, he first saw her when she walked into his registration class by mistake on her first day of school. Having gone to school together, University together and lived together, six years down the line they were the best of friends.

And now she was leaving. Her visa had run out, she was going home.

Dave lost count of the number of friends he'd said goodbye to this year because they were "going home".

Bloody foreigners.

That Aline could find a way back one way or another Dave had no doubt. After six years of her constantly stalking him he knew he would never be rid of her that easily. As such, this wasn't goodbye, it was just...

"See you later, babe."