The Returning Ex

Sophia slept through the day, and she only got up in the afternoon.

When she walked out of her room, neither John nor Zack was around.

She scratched her head and headed out, not knowing where she wanted to go. Ever since last night, she had been feeling somewhat conflicted.

For reasons unbeknownst to her, she had a dream last night, and it was about things that happened a long time ago; things that she thought she had long forgotten.

But they appeared to be so vivid in that dream: fights, curses, accusations, blame-passing.

They were all horrible things.

She could even feel somewhat suffocated as she thought about them now.

So, she sat back on the couch in the hotel lobby and stared at the hotel entrance.

It was as if there were many voices in her head, but she could not tell for sure what they were about.

She felt that she had nowhere to go, and if it were not for John and Zack, she would not know what was next for her.

The thought of this made her feel useless.

After a short while, she heard Zack’s somewhat anxious voice. “Why did you leave the room? We thought that you were abducted when we didn’t see you in the room after we got back.”

Before she realized it, Zack had walked up to her and was standing opposite her.

How old do you think I am? Am I that dumb

Zack liked this tone.

on her shoulder. “Now that’s what I like to hear. Your demeanor this morning was making me feel

off and stood up. “I wasn’t

fully recovered yet. You

walked toward the

in the hotel room. It appeared that Zack was the only person that was

Sophia went in, she went straight into her room before John followed suit after a couple of minutes. “Zack and I have eaten. What would you like to eat? We can

grunted, and

nothing else he could

while the other was in the

past when this was their default way of living. They always had nothing

followed up with her even though she had not eaten

window, she heard John’s phone ring, and

on his tone, Sophia could tell that he was not talking

business call at this hour. If it was a private call, she could not think of a

window, trying to eavesdrop on

point, John grunted and continued,

how the other side responded, John then

someone she knew since that

had a

was not always a good thing as it

the other side said something else and she heard John laugh.