It had been almost 5 years since she had been back. She and Javier
had kept in touch, in the beginning, but after a year or two, the letters
came less and less. Katie wondered desperately what had happened.
Was something wrong? Something had to be wrong... Why else
wouldn't he write her? Too many questions. But she asked herself
the same questions every night, everyday. Finally after she graduated
college, Katey decided it was time to return to Cuba.
When she told her parents, her father just smiled gently and after a
time, told her to, "do what she felt she had to" Her mother, also told
her to follow her heart, but that she thought that Katey was old
enough to let go and just treasure the great memory of her
first real love. But she gave her blessing. Mrs. Miller no longer
judged people by their station in life. It was not the reaction she had
expected and appreciated the new outlook her mother had seemed to
take the last few years.
There was only one way to find out what had happened to Javier.
So she boarded a plane the night after graduation, bound for Havana.
She was afraid of what she might find, but knew it was the only way
to finally find peace. Maybe he had a wife, kids even. She prayed and
slept the entire way. Hoping she would find him alive, even if that
meant he was with someone else.
And at that moment, she didn't know which would hurt her more.