Why didn't you tell me?
Diana and Silvanus were in their own rooms, lying on their beds staring up at the ceiling. Syl's terror from a few minutes ago had left Diana with deep shame.
I get it. You don't trust me.
The guilty feeling was spreading to the tips of her fingers. She wrung her hands together.
I thought we were friends.
We are. I just........ It's complicated.
Then explain.
The episode of Sally's betrayal played unknowingly in her mind.
Oh.
I........I'm sorry. Diana exhaled, not quite a sigh.
It's just.......... There's no comparison between me and her, Diana. I am your Avedis. I've waited for you for as long as I can remember. I live in your mind. I-I know you, Diana................... I thought I did.
They lay there in the darkness for some time. The silence was un
