Singled out. Universal Pull.

He’s been an entrepreneur to be sure.

Massage therapy owner for 8 years amongst many other business successes and failures.

He now manages housing remodels.

Middle aged. Divorced. 3 times.

Moved to a new metro area.

For what?

A fresh start maybe?

Universal pull is what he shares with her over text.

Over the next 2 weeks they talk about subjects that connected them.

Week 3 takes that next dive deeper into those that do not.

The universal pull? She asks him about this.

As he explains, somehow he too is dispersed into the atmosphere.

He is now just another man.

She hangs up the phone.

Buries her head back down into her work.

What is it about this whole process that continues to be so very complicated?

There is a virus killing people out there.

The clock ticks in the background.

He has run out of time.