Chapter 11

Aurora

It's been one week now since that incident. I was lying on my bed and staring into space. Why did I feel so bad for him? It was not his fault for anything that happened and yet I can see how he blames himself.

For the whole past week, he has been nothing but nice to me, and all I've done is my best to ignore him. It's not because I don't like him. It’s because I am not able to face him after what I did and lied to him. I felt his panic that night like it was my own, the fear that stilled him. And that made me realize, all this time, I was the one being selfish.

Just yesterday, I was standing in the garden at night and enjoying the peace when he came and sat beside me. He told me he could feel I was suffering. He could see that something was bothering me but he didn't want to intrude into my personal space. He said he would wait. Wait till I am comfortable to open up to him.

I was actually very glad that he understood my point of view and that he didn't try to probe into any