Although Rhea wasn’t exactly expecting Aron to show up or call the very moment she stepped back on the soil of New Ridge, when he did not call even by the end of the week she could not help but feel sullen. She was kind of expecting him to act on their arrangement to meet after Rhea’s return to New Ridge. And when it did not show any sign of happening anytime soon, Rhea felt a pang of loss.
For the first few days, she made excuses for him for not calling or texting her,
- ‘Maybe he doesn’t know that I’m back already.’
- ‘He’s a busy man; he’d call when he gets free.’
- Maybe he isn’t well; he’d call when he gets better.’
She cursed herself for giving away the chance of calling him at her return. If she had not so smugly suggested on their last meeting, that he would know when she re
