“So, if he tells you not to come back, you’re just gonna listen to him? He might’ve said it casually, but he probably misses you like hell.” Erica, who had always marched to the beat of her own drum, had no constraints now. “Once things here are sorted, I take you back!”

Larkin was a bit taken aback.

“If he wants to punish you, I can take the punishment with you, we’ll face it together” Erica’s words struck a chord with Larkin.

The gloom on Larkin’s face disappeared in an instant.

He nodded, “Alright!”

“Are you not worried anymore?”

Larkin shook his head. It occurred to him that Jacob really didn’t know what he had.

How could he have taken Erica for granted?

But then again, Larkin thought, it was a good thing Jacob didn’t appreciate what he had. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have stood a chance.

H City

the last home he shared with

still lingered in

he crawled into her bed and

the longest he’d slept since he found out Erica was getting married. So long, in

had a long

the past, to the

picked up her call immediately, rushed to her side,

They never broke up.

Erica finished her studies, they

a pair of kids who looked

turned into a nightmare the moment Mrs. Strand

the house,

tried to run in to save Erica, but his parents and

Then Larkin appeared.

the burning house without a second thought and

instant, replaced by a wedding ceremony

dress,

“Jacob”

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