Rory could feel his heart wrenching as they ate there in silence. For the first time in weeks, Alexander finally joined them for breakfast. And good timing too, since he needed to ask him.
So after finishing their main course, as everyone was already chattering, he gathers the courage to talk to him.
As the guy seems in a much better mood now than before. He needed confirmation, an assurance, and this was the only thing he could do it without being noticed.
“Alex, I was thinking if I could visit my uncle at the hospital and I was...”
He stop mid-way his sentence when the man threw down his utensils, his jaw clenching as he turns to him with an icy stare.
The noise cause the entire table to go silent once more, as everyone’s attention shifted to them. All he could do was stay frozen in
