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.

I

Zack liked this tone.

and walked up to her, patting her on her shoulder. “Now that’s what I like to hear. Your demeanor this morning was making me

him off and stood up. “I wasn’t fully awake

aren’t fully recovered yet. You should

toward

in the hotel room. It appeared that

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

grunted, and

this point, John reckoned that there was nothing else he could say to her, so he turned

the bedroom while the other was in the living

past when this was their default way of living. They always

had never followed up with her even though she had

window, she heard John’s phone ring, and quickly answered it; he

could tell that he was not talking to anyone from the

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

window, trying to eavesdrop on his conversation outside her

grunted and continued, “I’ll be back

knowing how the other side responded,

someone she knew since

a guess, and

a good thing as it

said something else and she heard John laugh. “Forget it. I was just