She came at the worst time of my life. I had nothing. No money. No bread. No future I could see. Depression had settled into my bones, and I was alone—truly alone—in a way I had never been before. Then Zanele Lillien Mkansi walked into my world. She didn't come with solutions. She didn't come with resources. She came with nothing but herself—and something else. Something between us. An energy we couldn't explain but couldn't deny.