Chapter 43 - - 43 : Beautiful song
After swimming back to the hangar, Matthias changed his clothes and left the annex. The sky was darkening as the sunset descended from its zenith. But Leyla was still there, crying on top of the tree, oblivious of his arrival.
Matthias eased to his feet under the tree. The hose wasn't long before Leyla turned her head and looked at him from the top.
She didn't seem surprised, nor did she try to escape his gaze. She also exhibited no signs of fear or worry either.
'why'
Matthias soon found the reason: she wasn't exactly looking at him. Her dim eyes seemed to wander somewhere far away, probably toward the place where the doctor's son had left.
By the time Matthias slanted his lips, Leyla's eyes had returned to focus. Her green eyes soon filled with a sense of shame. Her shoulders sucked in, and her face became stiff. She was back to the Leyla Lewellin that he knew.
Matthias casually peered at her teary eyes with his arms folded. He had a leisurely evening and wasn't bound by any schedule, so Matthias had plenty of time to wait for her to stop weeping.
He saw Leyla's eyes flashed with contempt when he had no intention of leaving, but her scathing arrogance only made him giggle.
"You know, Leyla. That boy is not coming."
Matthias took a step closer to the tree in which she was sitting.
"Kyle Etman. The boy you're waiting for. Ah! Should I now call him the one who left you?"