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Every evenings just before sunset an old man named Daniel walked slowly towards the same wooden bench in the middle of a quiet park the bench was old just likes him.Its paint had faded and some parts of the woods were cracked but Daniel never cared about its conditions for him that bench was not just a places to sit.It was a place filed with memories people living nearby had seen Daniel sitting there for manys years.He always arived at almost the same time.He caried a small walkings stick in one hands and a warm cup of tea in the other.He would sit quietly and looks towards the park entrance as if he was expecting someone to apears at any momentd.

One evening a young girl who often visited the park became curious. She walked toward him and politely asked “Grandfather why do you come here every day?”Daniel smiled softly and looked at the setting sun.For a few moments he said nothing.Then he replied “Many years ago someone promised me that she would meet me here again.”

The girl sat beside him and asked “Who was she?”

Daniel looked at the empty path and said "Her name was Anna.We were young when we first met.We used to sit on this bench and talk for hours.We dreamed about traveling together building a small home and watching the sunset side by side.”He paused and took a slow breath before continuing.“One day Anna had to leave the town with her family.Before she left she held my hand and promised that she would return.She told me ‘Wait for me at our bench when the sun goes down.’I believed her.”

The girl asked “But she never came back?”Daniel shook his head slowly. “Not that i knows.I waited the next day and then the next.Days becames months months became years and years became a lifetimes.But i never stopped coming here.”The girl felt tears in her eyes.She could not understands how someones could wait for so many years.Daniel smiled and said “Sometimes when you truly love someones you do not forget their promises easily.”

The sun slowly disapeard behind the trees paintings the sky with beautiful orange and golden colors. Daniel stood up with difficulty and looked once more toward the entrance.

Just as he was about to leave he heard a soft voice behind him.

“Daniel?”

He stopped.

His hands began to shake as he slowly turned around.An elderly woman was standing a few steps away holding a small photograph in her hands.

Daniel stared at her in silence.

It was Anna.

For the first time in many years Daniel smiled like a young man again.He walked toward her with tears in his eyes.

“You came” he whispered.

Anna smiled through her tears and replied "I told you i would.”

The old bench remained quietly under the evening sky but that sunset was different.After waiting for so many years two old hearts finally found each other again.