ALEERA VERNIZE All the women inside looked at me after hearing my question. However, none of them had spoken again. They were indeed doing their best in hiding their secret. Hearing the deafening silence among us was making my heart beat fast. I wasn't nervous about anything, so I didn't know why I was palpitating. Was it because I had too much tea and coffee, or perhaps it was because of the woman's glances at me? Since no one of them had the plan of speaking, I thought of something I could say to break the silence, also to let them tell to me what was going on. "I won't eat until you tell me what's going on," I told them as I crossed my arms. The woman who put the food on the table had taken her seat. Even though she was five-meter-away from me, I could still hear her sighed. "I mad

