19. End of Ten weeks

ERICA

I only sat there for a few seconds as I pushed my chair back and ran after him. I didn’t know why I suddenly felt like it was my fault when I had just pointed out the very true fact and yet still here I was. As soon as I stepped out into the dim corridor, like Antonio had mentioned there were four guards and they tried to stop me but I bypassed them as I called out his name.

I watched as his broad back tensed and he stopped, but it took him a few precious seconds to turn around and face me. When I saw his face, I scolded myself for bringing the reality back when all of it had been turned into a fantasy that was too good to be true, even for that.

When I reached him, I said, “I didn't mean it like that, Antonio.” I really hadn't meant for it to go this way, I didn't realise it would affect him this way. But maybe, in all of this there was a silver line where I could see that he wanted to move on from the past, from how we had started. And maybe we will start afresh.

But his next