Chapter 7


    Bryan suddenly sat up and turned his head towards the door. His eyes wide with surprise as he looked


    at her. Slowly, he stood up and walked towards her. He stood in front of her. They looked at each other,


    not saying anything. Tears overflowed in one man''s eyes, while the other had a pale face. He


    recovered first.


    “Serene…” He reached out to her shoulder and called her name. The sound of his voice was unfamiliar


    to her. Serene looked at him, then to the man in the room, who had his back against them and was


    putting on his jeans. Then she looked back to him. Words which used toe to her mind fluidly


    suddenly were elusive. She just looked back and forth to both men, disbelief written in her face.


    Silently, she prayed that this was just a dream and her rm will sound to wake her up. But the pain in


    her heart simply told her she was wide awake, and these were real.


    “Since when…” finally her voice came. While it was almost inaudible, it was screaming with pain.


    “Six months ago,” was all he said.


    “Why?” She wanted to know. She wanted to understand why all these happened. Why did he cheat on


    her? Why did she deserve this? When did he change? Why didn’t she know? Her questions flooded


    her mind, but only one word escaped her mouth.


    “I’m sorry. Serene, I’m really sorry.” He knew he ought to say more or exin more, but did not know


    what to say. His eloquence left him.


    The whole situation was just too much and too difficult for her to handle. It was such a hard blow on


    her. She never saw iting. Just as she did not know where she took the courage to take the first


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    step to walk towards his bedroom, she also did not know where she took the strength to step back and


    walk away.


    She wanted to scream at him, to beat him until he felt the same pain she was feeling. But she did not


    do it. She just walked away, or more aptly, ran away. She wanted to run away from everything, from


    knowing that he cheated on her, from the sad reality that she did not belong in his life anymore. How


    can she belong in his life now? How can she be part of his future?


    Serene built her world around him. She nned her life around his ns. She never imagined a future


    without him. But now, how can all those nse to fruition? Her life seemed to be sucked out of


    her.