RENO
Ilana's face turned white, dumbfounded at her unexpected bump into Angeline here with me. Her palms clasped the trolley tighter; her eyes mirrored the inexplicable mixed feelings she pressed inside her straightened body.
"Reno…I-I have to go." That stutter glided out of her tongue; she spun to her back, dragging her trolley behind her away from me and Angeline who was caged in her tense solitude.
"Ilana…wait!" It was too late; I didn't wonder how she could walk that fast for she used to run from the thugs during high school.
I faced my back and Angeline's regretful face shot at me; whether it was a fake one or not, I could not interpret her expression. She took a long sigh.
"I might look like a monster in front of her now."
Her words didn't touch my heart even if she tried hard
