Caliana and I stared at one another right after Connor had said those words to both of us. We just continued to look at one another as though we were trying to figure out what we were about to say to one another, but then, no one was trying to do so, as though we were both afraid of opening that topic. I am not d*mb, and I knew that she was not either. I knew that we both had the same topic on our minds, but we were just being cautious about who would be the one that would open it. We were just being careful about the words that we would say, as if we were both afraid that what had happened that day would happen once again, and this time, I was too afraid to say that the result might be worse than before. I knew that she also had that on her mind. After all, I have heard how her voice su

