Letting Go

“Would I leave the country with Maria?” Evina pondered. She couldn’t say yes at once. Leaving the country means she would be giving up on Gabriel for good. It was not just her concern. But also, she was bothered about what happened to Maria.

Evina decided to come with her father to his residence, which was a few miles away from the park. He told her that Maria was staying with her as of that moment. Evina was curious as she was just normally living in her former house, where she was currently staying, just a fortnight ago.

Even with her situation, she was still concerned about her older sister. Between the two of them, she was more the long-suffering one. She was not the type of person who would run away, unlike her.

“I know this was a bit shaggier than our previous house. Please bear the inconvenience. We would leave here eventually,” Her father apologized as they came down from the taxi.

Indeed, it was a small house, situat