The red string theory whispers of an invisible thread, binding two souls who are destined to find one another. It cannot be seen, cannot be cut, and cannot be broken; it only waits, patient as the stars, for the moment fate decides to pull it tight. Long before William and Eliane knew it, the universe was already at work, quiet, and persistent in its mission to bring them together. Their paths crossed more times than either could count. They moved through the same circles, laughed with the same friends, and once, even shook hands and walked away as strangers. Neither could have guessed that small, forgotten moment was the universe leaving breadcrumbs, a whisper of what was to come. But the most unbelievable twist of all? Eliane was a counselor at the very same church camp William's brothers attended. Summer after summer, Eliane was woven quietly into William's world, laughing with his brothers, getting to know his cousins, becoming a familiar face to nearly everyone who shared the El-Salibi name. Eliane knew William's family long before ever knowing William. The thread had been tied around them long before they ever stood in the same room. Fate, it seems, was introducing Eliane to William's life one person at a time, saving William for last. It wasn’t until a volleyball court, of all places, that the thread finally pulled tight. One game, one glance, one moment, and the years of near-misses suddenly made sense. From that day on, William and Eliane have been inseparable. Now they look back and laugh at all the chances fate gave them. At how many times the universe nudged them, hinted at them, almost handed them to each other, until finally, it simply tied the knot.