Neunundneunzig

What if something has irreversible changed, you feel? What if once you eventually dared to put your foot over the threshold, someone pulled it hard and yanked you off your feet, off balance?

Totally unrelated:
Got two fortune cookies from a waiter in an extremely good mood. Cookie 1: Some old wish of yours will come true. Cookie 2: An admirer is concealing their affection for you.