Chapter 495: Unfriendly Talk
"We’re not having a friendly conservation here" I said sternly, the anger in my voice rising. I don’t know what his aim is but it sure as hell wasn’t working. There was nothing friendly going on here, we were just two strangers in a room. One who had a death wish and another who is consumed by anger and pain.
Put these two that in a room, and you might not like the result.
"I know," he said and then his eyes turned wistful. "I just thought I should lighten the mood a bit. After all, it has been nothing but intense staring for the past hour"
Just an hour? I thought it was a whole day already.
I cleared my throat. "You care for Hayden?" I asked, confused about why I needed to hear it from him. Just my curious mind wandering again. Maybe I just needed clarity too.
"I do," he nodded, finally agreeing with himself. I didn’t welcome the idea at first, and she’s not fond of me, either. According to her, her friend Death said I shouldn’t be trusted." He chuckled like he could picture the conservation all over again.
I gulped as suddenly a reminisce of a dream I had weeks ago found me, a dark entity around Hayden as she inaudibly screamed at me, was that death? I couldn’t see it properly, just a shadow cloak in the shape of something.
"That behavior from her suddenly made me want to gain her trust. You know the feeling..." he said to me but I didn’t reply. He sighed. "Everyone hates me for what I did"
"We’re now speaking the same language" I mused.
"Regret, decisions, choosing, those were the things I grew up with Emma, what you and I had to face at a young age"
I felt pain tugging at my chest.