Choice.
" ... a few days in LA, watch the sunset... Like a transition thing, just us."
I had agreed, but watching them say their goodbyes, I was overcome with doubt. She was flying home alone, and Jack was the person she trusted the most in the world.
"Thank you for everything."
Sun was faintly smiling. She closed her eyes as a tear threatened to fall. He stopped it with a gentle thumb, and hugged her one last time. She waved as we walked away.
Leaving Sydney again, so different, so changed.
"Kate?" He barely whispered, fooled by my pretending to sleep. "I love you."
I smiled, faintly, and closed my eyes tighter, knowing the lie in my heart. Jack and his conscience. It was all so obvious.
I had chosen him; but love had chosen her. Los Angeles or anywhere, the sun could never set in the same way again.