“Be patient… be patient,” Ashley kept chanting this mantra on her way to the kitchen, “Atoning for your sins is never easy.” She had to repair the wrong that she had done and compensate Aaron fully for her actions, as well as the hurt and distress she had caused him. She knew he was having fun at her expense, but she was not taking it to heart. She put the chicken soup in a bowl and took it upstairs for him. She knocked at his door and entered. Aaron was sitting on his bed. He did not look up at her and kept checking his phone. She gave him the tray and went back to the table to write her apology 50 more times.
Aaron looked at her retreating back and took a sip of the soup. “Ouch,” he said as the hot soup burned his mouth.
“Is everything ok?” asked Ashley without looking back.
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