Chapter 37

• I freeze, instead of breaking down. My intense emotion has me maimed. Even makes my mind blunt. I stare at the portraits for a long time, allowing my heart to bleed inside. I don’t know anymore if I could still help him overcome his past without breaking myself because the painful truth is right before my eyes. There will never be any ‘us.” And I will never have a place in his heart.
• “She’s beautiful,” I say, but I avoided his eyes.
• “Look at me,” Zed says, turning me around. Tears suddenly make their way into my face, even if I hold my breathing.