LEILANI
I stared at the ceiling, my mind replaying events that took place since yesterday. The conversation with Aesir on our way here replayed through my mind. There was a part of me that was eager to find lies in his words, latching onto anything he said that unsettled me.
After that brief conversation with him earlier this morning, I began to wonder whether I was being too hard on him without giving him any room to prove he was sorry, as he claimed.
He has tried so many times to apologise or talk to me about the time, and each time I’ve shut him down. I told Rain a few days ago that what I felt towards Aesir wasn’t hatred. Annoyance? Yes. Resentment? Yes, but how long do I intend to hold onto those emotions? Was I doing myself any good?
I told myself that keeping Aesir at arm's leng
