MAXINE

He caught me off guard. It meant that he still cared about me. I didn't focus on that though. “I won’t, I promise,” I replied.

We stood there in silence for a while, neither of us knowing what to say. I could feel it though. I could feel it. The unspoken feelings and questions we didn't have the time to ask.

Or we didn't dare to ask, I guess.

After everything that had happened, I still wasn’t sure where we stood. I said I was okay with him hating me but, I didn't know ...