Claudia
Silence should be his middle name but this time he was shocked. Embarrassed and curious all at once. Was the name so forbidden that I have committed a sin by mentioning it? "Where the f**k did you hear that from?"
"It doesn't matter, and that isn't the answer to my question." I held my ground. Despite being close to Marcel, the authority he claimed to have been what feared me. I began to question if I should have asked. It was in the way he looked at me, like I just conjured some old demons. We were at the balcony and the chills from the cold air made things worse. I couldn't imagine what it meant to him but from what I saw, it was pure pain. Pain I had never seen before.
He shifted in his seat; "Inessa." A sigh followed, his shoulders stiffened and jaws remained clenched. Mar
