Chapter 103 - Trance…

-Ethan-

Angeline is finally awake but it feels like she is not here.

I watch her in silence as she tries to eat the breakfast in front of her while mindlessly playing with the food on her plate.

I can still hear the sound of her scream as she calls for me. The fear in her voice made me shiver. I am glad that she calls for me but at the same time, I never want her to call me that way, with so much fear.

If I had a choice I would want her to call me when she’s happy, or when she’s excited to see me, or when she wants no one else but me. But I know that it won’t happen because she made it extra clear that what she wanted is very different from what she needed.

“You know that food is supposed to go to your mouth, right?” I asked teasingly, trying to lighten up the mood.

Angeline turned her focus and looked at me, eyes sad and tired. She looked away and turned her focus on her plate as she took a bite of bacon slowly chewing as she cut a piece of the scrambled eggs and pancake.

It was