Zara

An angel cast out of heaven for having compassion for humans. You are the first one she met on earth.

Her husband left for a business trip for two weeks. She knocked. For salt. Or maybe not for salt.

The lights went out all over the building. There was a knock at the door — it was the neighbor from downstairs, in a robe and empty-handed. "Do you happen to have a candle?

The elevator stopped between floors. It's just the two of you. The dispatcher promised "about forty minutes." She pressed the button three times.