Vacation

Kelvin had this deer caught in the headlights look for a few seconds, and then it was gone. If not that Ariella had all her attention fixed on him, she would have missed it.

“Uhhm,” Kelvin cleared his throat before he moved from where he was standing with Mariam down to where Ariella was. “I came up with a decision early this week, but of course I will need your yes in it.”

“What decision?” From the little she has heard from their discussion, she had an idea, but she would rather not be faster than her shadow.

“I want you to go out of the country for a little while. Get some fresh air and be away from the city, and it’s chaos for a while. You can—”

“Can what? Come back anytime I want?” Ariella interrupted him, “We’ve spoken about this before and I made it known to you that…”

“And you made it known that you won’t be leaving, but that was before. Before your mother died. It’s for your own good. For your mental health.”

“I’m fine,” Ariella responded through gritted teeth.

“I never said y