Here I Am - Air Supply (lyrics) Рџћµ -

He didn't even have to look up to know it was her. It was the way the air in the room seemed to shift, or perhaps it was just the familiar rhythm of her footsteps—a soft, hesitant cadence he had once known better than his own heartbeat.

Elias felt the brick wall he’d spent years building turn into wet sand. All the "I’m doing fine" speeches he’d practiced in the mirror vanished. In an instant, he wasn't a man who had moved on; he was the same person who had waited by the phone, hoping for a sign. Here I Am - Air Supply (Lyrics) рџЋµ

He was safe. He was settled. He was finally, truly, over it. Then the bell above the door chimed. He didn't even have to look up to know it was her