I noticed that she didn't move to put on her seat belt, so I just moved over her and straddled it. Our eyes met, and our mouths were millimeters apart. It was exactly there, in that car, months before, that everything between us exploded.
I found myself holding back what was tormenting me, and I walked away, noticing that she seemed to be thinking far away. Maybe I was thinking about Hugo and how I ruined his fairy tale forever. I ignored the thought, and put on my seat belt, then started the car.
— Leti would pick me up, she didn't need to...
— We need to talk, child. — I intoned the last word, and noticed the way she shifted uncomfortably in the seat next to mine. There was something in me that always looked for the slightest reaction from that woman. It was what I could have, and per
