Chapter Forty Nine

A single tear

Then another

Another

Did she leave me alone?

Does she hate me?

My friend, my sister.

Where is fate taking me? This is not what I want in my whole life. If someone told me to choose between Ronald and my sister, then obviously I would choose Ronald because I couldn’t live without him. But now the things I’m watching and feeling tell me I’m too late. My skin feels a warm touch when someone wipes my tears.

“So you hear everything?” Without opening my eyes, I let myself go until I started weeping badly.

“She hates me.”

“Stop it!”

“She left me.”

“It’s not good for your health. Stop it now.” But he made me cry. After fifteen minutes, I stopped crying. He’s still sitting there, watching me with sleepy eyes. He’s looking so exhausted.

“You’re still here?”

“Are you done?” He got up and called Theo. He smiled after greeting me. Why's he smiling?

“How are you feeling, Miss Rose? I’m sorry if...”

“Cut the shit and tell the doctor we’re taking her home.” What? Home? So suddenly. Stil