Triton was holding me tightly now after telling me that Terrence was gone. Even now, it felt like I couldn’t fully comprehend what he had just said, like maybe I had just misheard him. But then I felt tears fall on my shoulder, and his body began to shake. That’s when I slowly started to realize that Terrence was truly gone. Whoever had called him... it must have been the one who told him.
I clung to Triton in return, and I couldn’t stop myself from crying either.
We stayed locked in each other’s arms for several minutes, crying together. Of course, it hurt me too that he was gone but was it really certain? I pulled away from him and held his face. His eyes were red from all the crying, and I gently wiped away his tears.
“Triton, are you sure that he’s gone?” I asked him. “Who called yo
