Chapter 227

SSHS 227

“I…” Arthur started but his voice faltered and became more silent the more that he dragged on to that syllable. Everyone was waiting for him to continue, to begin his sentence of answer, but he only dragged on more until the air left out of his lungs and he had to cut off that syllable. He looked around the room and saw that every pair of eyes were focused on him, still waiting for him to answer even though it is evident that they are near the end of their patience for him. Some were tapping their feet to the ground at a rapid pace, some were tapping their fingers against their other arm and some were tapping their finger to a surface close to them. They were waiting for him to speak.

Arthur was unsure if he should continue or not. He did have some thoughts a while ago. And to ignore would just mean that he is ignoring all the time he thought those things--- kind of like throwing it all to the trash without any second thought and putting himself in the fire like it was fu