ELIANA.

I swallowed a hard lump down my throat as our eyes met. One of the reasons it was so hard for us to still communicate was because of everything that happened in the past. I really wanted to put it behind me, to forget about all the trauma but that's the thing.

I don't think the trauma really ever leaves you. I think it stays.

And though for so long it may seem as if it had disappeared, it always has a funny way of creeping up on you when you're having a bite of ...