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He watched again as Frederic and Iskander began to talk about the responsibilities that Frederic would assume until Iskander recovered, although everyone in the room knew that he would recover shortly and had to stay in the hospital for a check-up. Frederic says goodbye to his brother and greets me, I return the gesture with a smile and return to my papers.

- now, you can admit it - I hear him talking

I look at him confused while he smiles at me, acting as if nothing had happened to him.

"What do I have to admit?" I ask him.

- you were scared - he tells me

I deny going back to my papers obviously it was something I wouldn't tell him

"You can say it, I won't judge you," he says.

- Are you still having the anesthesia from the surgery?

- even if you deny it, I know why you were scared of losing me - repeat again

I ignore him and look at the papers pretending I'm onto something interesting but I had already finished filling them out and the release in my chest was gone too. I see