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MAURICE'S POV

“Don't turn your face away from me. Glenda, look at me when I'm talking to you!” I snapped at her.

The fact that she apologized looking away from me only revealed how half-baked her apology was. What was she thinking? That just by saying sorry she'd get off the hook?

“Glenda!” I called and yanked her face forcefully to look at me.

It was only then I saw it. The wet streak that lined her face. Her quivering lips. Her sad eyes which she tried to hide behind those long eyelashes.

Darn! She was crying. It's been so long since I saw Glenda cry. She had been all happy and smiles that I had gotten used to her smiling.

She tried to hide her tears by turning away again, but I had already seen them. Guilt immediately clothed me. I had made her cry.

The tension in my body softened. My heart ached when I heard the low painful sound from the back of her throat. She was trying so hard to swallow her sobs.

“Glenda.” I called softly. I raised my hand to touch her face and she flinched a