Connie had a far-away expression on her face as she stared out from the shore toward the ocean. She let out a sigh and began humming that old Carole King song, “So Far Away.”

You’re so far away.
Doesn’t anybody stay in one place anymore?

And then her mind wandered to the Dire Straits song with the same title.

You’re so far away from me. 
So far I just can’t see. 
You’re so far away from me.

She didn’t understand how Jason could have left her alone and by herself. He said he loved her but that he had some things he had to attend to overseas and that he wouldn’t be gone very long. She had hardly heard from him since he left and was so worried that he would never be coming back.

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