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 I that dumb to be

Zack liked this tone.

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

up. “I

up. “You aren’t fully recovered yet. You should

as she walked toward the elevator. “Yes,

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

of minutes. “Zack and I have eaten. What would you like to eat? We can call

grunted, and that

that there was nothing else he could say to her, so he turned

other was in the living

their default

up with

in a chair by the window, she heard

could tell that he was not talking to anyone from the Constance

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

leaned on the window, trying to eavesdrop on his conversation

and continued, “I’ll be back

responded, John then replied, “Yes, with

was startled. It must be someone she knew since that

had a guess, and she

was not always a good

heard John