The next morning, I left the apartment at dawn. Adeline was giving me the cold shoulder. I had no idea what to say to explain how I felt and ease the tension between us.
I couldn’t resort to honeyed words.
That was a trick you played when you got into a squabble with your girlfriend. My relationship with Adeline was of a different and more delicate nature. It wouldn’t work.
Exhausted from a sleepless night, all I wanted to do now was to escape from the stifling apartment that was beginning to resemble a cage more than a home.
It was half past five. The sun emerged from the eastern horizon and slowly made its way up the sky. I lingered outside the doors of the campus, unsure of what I should do next.
Dr. Brown’s unexpected call was a blessing that freed me from my predicament.
“Ben
