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.

think I am? Am

Zack liked this tone.

shoulder. “Now that’s what I like to hear. Your demeanor this morning was

shook him off and stood up. “I wasn’t

sized her up. “You aren’t fully recovered yet. You should be

she walked toward the

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

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?

grunted, and

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

was in the bedroom while the other was in the living room; nobody was

past when this was their default way of living. They

that, John had never followed up with her even though

she heard

tone, Sophia could tell that he was not talking to anyone from the Constance Family or the Infinity

hour. If it was a private call, she could not think

to eavesdrop on his

and continued,

how the other side responded, John

was startled. It must be someone

quickly, she had a guess,

not always a good thing as it made

heard John laugh.