"So, this was your surprise, Theodore?" Alderic's voice echoed in my mind a million times before I mustered enough courage to answer him.
He didn't call me Theo but Theodore. Even though, I knew he often called me Theodore in front of other people but this time it felt different. Every other time he said my full name, I felt good, I felt overwhelmed. But when he called me Theodore in the police station, I felt like someone was stabbing with a glass shard repeatedly. It hurt me.
"I... I am sorry, Alderic." Was all I could muster and he scoffed, shaking his head.
The officer ordered his juniors to release us and they did. The whole time, Alderic's eyes were on me. They weren't cold, not even in a bit. But his eyes weren't gentle either. They looked impassive, I could barely make out wh
