One week later.

'It would have been better if it was avoided.' Callan thought as he mulled over the mess he had created.

It had been a week of torture for both of them.

Waking next to Orla every morning was hell, the silent treatment she gave him was scourging.

It killed him that he couldn't touch her like he used to. He wished all these would come to an end, but Orla wasn't making it easy for him. She was mad at him, and he perfectly understood where her pain was coming from.

Orla ...