Chapter 27: Dead End

Rhezi was busy preparing food for her kids when someone hugged her from behind. She quickly let go of the knife she was holding when she felt the pain it created in her index finger. She was shocked and at the same time she felt the pain because of what had happened.

“You’re very occupied. What's wrong with you?" Jericho asked, curiously. He also quickly attended to her wound and put her index finger on the faucet and rinsed it with water.

" N-Nothing. I'm just tired. I work too much, lately. " Rhezi shook her head. She couldn't stare Jericho in the eye. She wasn't a fan of lying, but she felt she had to. She still couldn't quite imagine what happened a week ago.

It was already a week when that fateful night happened. One week since she gave herself up to Kraius, again. It's been a week, too, that she's scolding herself but she knew she couldn't get everything back anymore. Most of all, it's been a week since Rhezi filed a resignation.

She did not go to work after the incident. Ev