Amman, 1990s. Teenage Karim rings his best friend Ramzi and asks if he wants to come over. But Ramzi’s mother has found Karim’s letter on his pillow. Ramzi tells Karim they can’t see each other anymore. The line goes dead.
Present day Amman. Karim and Ramzi are meeting for the first time since that call, twenty years ago. Karim alludes to the fact that he is now engaged to a man. Ramzi, affronted, leaves the bar.