"Where have you been? I thought you were dead!"
Tears rolled down her face and onto his shoulder the moment she finished saying that.
All she knew was that her brother had disappeared without a trace after that tragic accident; she reckoned that he was dead.
Now, the man was standing alive and well before her. She was flooded with shock, delight, bewilderment, and pain…
Her brother was pained by her crying face and held it delicately in his hands. He wiped away her tears with his fair and slender fingers as his flimsy lips uttered, "Sis, I'm so sorry that it took me so long to find you! Sorry to have made you wait all this while."
He sounded apologetic as he hugged her, murmuring, "Sis, so sorry…"
He, too, thought that he had lost her.
The well-buried memory had been dug out.
After a decade and a half of separation, both snuggled in each other's arms tightly. The feeling of reunion made their hearts wince.
