Chapter 21 -:21:To Let Go
Often some words get stuck in the throat before they can be uttered... and when they come out, they take a part of the heart with them.
My hands... were clenched into fists near my arms. Perhaps with the fear that if I loosened them, I would fall apart.
"Rei..."
His name came out of my lips as if a prayer that could not become words came out only as a breath.
And he held that breath.
As if he knew that this was his name—his identity, his patience, his punishment.
He took another step... there was that hope in his eyes which is often there before breaking.
"Say it again..." he said.
I looked away. Because some truths flow only from the eyes, and my eyes would have said a lot.