With a storm raging in my heart, I grabbed the wad of tissue and walked back into her room. She had been lying on her side and caressing Yap, but as I stepped into the room, she saw the look on my face and sat up immediately.
“What’s w-“
Her words got cut off immediately I opened my palm exposing the toilet paper. She blanched on seeing it, but said nothing.
“Now tell me the truth now, Maggi, and don’t lie to me, otherwise you’ll never see me again.” I started, as I slowly advanced into the room. “It’s not just flu you have, is it?”
Her eyes immediately filled with moisture and I silently cursed myself. I couldn’t back down now though, I needed her to tell me the truth.
Tears slipped out of her eyes and fell onto her cheeks, and I swore softly as I threw the tissue on the floor and
