December 2016
Auckland, New Zealand
Richelle Smith
I don't move after I end the call. I just stand there letting the tears roll down my cheeks. Suddenly I feel two arms wrapping around me and just start to cry harder. "It's okay," Karin says, "it's all going to be okay."
"Was that Noah?" she asks after I calmed down a bit. I nod and I hear Karin sigh. "Why are you so hard on yourself?" she asks, "why don't you allow him in your life." "It's not meant to be," I say, "everything is against me and I just ruined everything with him anyway. He's probably so mad at me, I'm pretty sure he doesn't even want to see me again.
"Come," Karin says after a while of stroking my back to calm me down, "let me give you your presents." I look up at her. "Presents?" I say, "you know allowing me to live h
