Mirabelle #20 September 1969
In "A Promise in Time," Owen returns to the house he once loved, drawn back by memories of Cheryl, the woman who lived above him while he trained as an engineer. Now, years after he left for France to work on the Concorde, he finds the flat empty—Cheryl gone, and only silence remains. The story unfolds with quiet emotional weight, capturing a moment of longing and unresolved connection, illustrated with delicate precision by Jorge Badía Romero.
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Years earlier, Owen had liked the house as soon as he saw it, especially after meeting Cheryl who had the flat above. They fell in love while he worked as an apprentice engineer at the aircrafts works on a training grant. But his job eventually took him to France to work on the Concorde and the letters from Cheryl stopped. After two years, he has returned to the house to discover that Cheryl has gone.
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