Chapter 63

AUDREY

I furrow my brow; confusion and pain are written all over my face. I'm sure that if someone saw me, they would notice it easily.

He looks away from his companion, and our eyes meet. I sense something in them—remorse, perhaps? I don't know; I can't quite decipher it. All I feel is pain, nothing more. I don't perceive anything in myself and in Daniel.

My chest tightens, and with a heavy heart, I ask myself, "What am I doing here, standing and watching this whole scene?" There's nothing good in seeing him smile with another. I need to run; I need to be anywhere but here; I need to be far away from Daniel.

To hell with him and everyone else; I'm out of here.

I avert my eyes from him, turn, and leave the room in quick steps with my friend following behind me. The only thing that worries me is that he hasn't noticed how affected I was by seeing him with another. I don't want him to see the pain that a simple scene, which for me meant the greatest humiliation of my life, can cause me.