Leah saw the lines formed at the corners of his mouth and realized that the man controlled himself only because of his sheer will.
She glanced at Mark and almost burst out laughing. He was so caught in the man’s story that he didn’t even blink. He looked like a baby owl, and maybe that was the first time that she had felt something close to tenderness for him.
“That happened three years ago, I understand,” Leah told Daniel when the silence stretched too long, and he nodded absently.
“Have you two been at odds ever since?”
“No,” he shook his head. “We didn’t talk for a few months, but got back to normal afterward... Well, almost back to normal. There was a strain in our interactions and I knew that it would always be there... I suppose I couldn’t forget what she had told to me and she c
