Chapter 76

THE MEMORIES HE HAD

" Is that Fiona?" I was suddenly brought out of my thoughts by Jane's voice. Shit! She was going to start thinking things.

" I'm, it's…" I couldn't even form words to say to her, what do I say to a woman whom I'd been trying to mend things with when she caught me staring at the picture of another woman?

" Do you still miss her?" She asked and just by the way she sounded I knew that I had just fucked things up.

" Look Jane it's not what you think," how did that even sound to my own ears?

" You don't have to explain things to me," she said with a shrug and I didn't like that one bit.

" You're making conclusions that aren't true," I tried to explain,

" I just said you don't have to explain anything to me, Markus, it's your life, you don't have to answer to me, pictures are a way to connect to people we miss, they're memories, we wish they were here even if they hurt us, so it's okay," No it was not, she wasn't even looking at me, how could it be okay.

" I'm hungry, I