79: Brazen

Dana

“It doesn’t make sense for me to apologize, so I won’t. But if it’s worth anything to you, Jeremy, I feel like a fool for what has happened.”

I felt defeated. Demian continued to surprise me day by day. When I thought he was behaving differently, he reverted to being the same damn man. In reality, he never changed. He was always the same, but there was a period when he disguised himself as a different man.

Jeremy stared blankly at the wall. I don’t think he could bear to look at me, and he had no energy left to say anything. The silence was deafening and piercing. The silence awakened my fear and anxiety.

Yesterday, he was afraid I would leave him, but now I feared his abandonment.

I didn’t dare to say his name. I was a coward. I sat on the couch, watching him. Whatever the punishment, I deserved it. If he wanted to leave me, I wouldn’t stop him. I didn’t want to hurt him anymore. I don’t think he could bear to see Demian near me again. It was already hard enough for Jeremy to ha