CHAPTER 25: Tears and Regret

CHAPTER 25: Tears and Regret

Hana felt like time completely stopped after Mia died; it has been a week without Mia already but she still acts as if there is nothing else to do but sit in silence remembering her friend had passed away.

The walls that used to be her luxurious prison now close in around her suffocating with the weight of guilt and regret. It was as if each day bled into the next – an endless loop of sorrow from which she could not escape.

Her bed was both comforter and torturer; the sheets were tangled together because of restless sleepless nights while pillows were soaked in tears without end.

Every morning, one of the maids would bring food to Hana’s small table near the bed. Yet it repulsed her whenever she saw it. Eating seemed to mock her somehow just like if somebody brings fish while you are still hungry after your family has eaten all its food – as if by doing so, they should imply that their life could go on despite Mia being gone.

She hardly touched any me