The O'jays - Use Ta Be My Girl (official Audio) -

Elias doesn't get up to interrupt her new life. Instead, he just taps his fingers on the laminate tabletop to the beat. The song reminds him that even though the "official audio" of their relationship ended long ago, the melody was still one of the best things he ever heard. He finishes his coffee, leaves a tip, and walks out into the rain, humming the chorus with a strange sense of peace.

Imagine a man named Elias sitting at a corner booth on a rainy Tuesday. He’s nursing a lukewarm coffee when the jukebox clicks over to that unmistakable, bouncing bassline. Just as Eddie Levert sings those first soulful lines, the bell above the door rings. In walks Sarah. The O'Jays - Use Ta Be My Girl (Official Audio)

She’s wearing a trench coat slick with rain, shaking out an umbrella. Twenty years ago, they were the couple everyone in town assumed would grow old together. They had the rhythm, the shared jokes, and a love that felt as smooth as the Philly Soul production playing through the speakers. But life happened—college in different states, missed phone calls, and eventually, different last names. Elias doesn't get up to interrupt her new life