Chapter 24

Destiny generally guides you through decisions you must make to supposedly attain a kind of astral wisdom. This means that each thing you do is predestined; there is no such thing as "What if..." Extra options are not valid; if something happened a certain way, it's because it was meant to be that way, at least that's what the Egyptians believed.

Elizabeth's opinion wasn't too far off. She believed in destiny and occasionally told it to go to hell.

She was at the airport, about to take a flight back to London. She should have been ecstatic; she was going to see her friends and Cristina again. Wasn't that what she wanted? She wasn't so sure anymore. For a moment, she thought of Julian. After they had been intimate, she had seen him for the last time (two days ago). Elizabeth had woken up in her hotel bed, and he was gone. She didn't hate him or anything like that. After all, it had just been a way to say goodbye and release the pent-up emotions. Yet, she couldn't help the pang