She's gone

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We arrived at the airport. She checked he luggage in and got her plane tickets. We sat down for a coffee but neither of us spoke. We sat sipping our hot beverages in silence.
"I'm sorry." She finally spoke after what seemed like hours. Suddenly the loud speaker called out. That was her flight. We walked to the plane terminal and I gave her one last hug. She handed her ticket the flight attendant and started to walk toward the plane. She turned around and gave me a smile to say 'sorry'. I gave her one back to say that it was alright. She got on the plane without looking back. Soon after, the plane started to take off. At that moment I knew, she's gone.

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