No More Emotions

"So, now. Tell me what the issue is." Carlos slowly said Lucy, lifting her head from his chest. Lucy sniffed noisily and backed away from him. "No, it's fine. You don't have to worry." She said and started walking away from him. Carlos ran after her, asking her the same question.

Lucy didn't say anything. She was still trying to keep her tears in and she knew that if she had started talking again, she would have started another round of crying.

"Carlos," she suddenly called out, halting before him. She raised her head and plastered a smile that didn't reach her eyes on her lips. "I'm fine, I promise. I just need to go to the visitor's room, for now. I need to clear my head. Sharon can have Darren if she wants." With that, she walked away, her eyes fixed on the nelty space in front of her.

Okay, she didn't actually mean to spill out the last part. It just came out and unfortunately, she couldn't take her words back. Carlos washed after her, taking a bag from her shoulder. He f