My heart ached for a listener, but I stayed silent until I no longer saw the body of the person I should have shared my thoughts with. On my bed, I grabbed my phone and opened my social media applications which I hadn’t checked for days. It was the same as the previous days, the screen returned my blank stare. I hit Rose’s profile; I typed her a message. I also visited Andy’s and did the same thing. I just gazed at the gadget on my hands, waiting to feel its vibration as an indication that I received a call or a message. Rose replied: Hi, babes. How are you? I answered her my usual lie: Nothing much. I’m doing fine. How about you? She checked upon me but, later on, told me she needed to do something and hadn’t text something again after a few hours. Andy, on the other side, se

