MERIDA I stuttered. I couldn't believe what I had just heard . I prayed silently that it was from me , that I heard him wrongly, that my hearing was faulty. If it was true that he was speaking to someone at the other end,a woman obviously , then I definitely don't know this man I was mated to. Why now ? Why hadn't he showed me that he had no feelings for me , not an atom of love . Does that mean that there was actually mate number sixteen and that he was speaking to her . *...don't forget* I heard that too. I moved back a little , I wanted to run away to pretend that I didn't hear him speaking to the woman at the other end . He loves her , obviously , he was smiling. I don't know what to do right now , I can't break down in tears and I couldn't feel pity for myself even when I

