Alex held his bag in his left arm. In his other arm was Nadia. She had come to see him off at the airport. All too soon, the three weeks was up. He had enjoyed the vacation though. Nadia had still not given him a clear answer but he was prepared to wait until she said no or yes. He had a 50% chance of success. He enjoyed her presence and wished she was coming to join him in the next couple of days. But no, she said she wanted some time to finally think things through. He was not worried in the least. He would rather prefer for her to take all the time she needed than for them to get married and she be miserable.