RYAN When I woke up the next morning, I was still tensed from the phone call I’d last night. When I’d come to India, I’d told her not to call me, that I needed sometime to process what I’d learned. I told her if it wasn’t the truth then I didn’t want to hear anything else from her. But, like always, being the thorn in my side, she neglected my wishes. It was too early for such thoughts, I shook my head as I looked at the woman sleeping beside me. I could have sworn that I had heard her sniffle as if she was crying when I had come back to the room after the phone call but I wasn’t sure. And when I’d come back, I’d found her buried under the covers. But, now, seeing her stiff, ready to bolt and still lying on the other corner of the bed, unlike the way she usually sleeps pressed into me, I wondered what was going on with her. The fact that I hadn’t given into her demands, silent demands, that she made with her eyes and body, for me to touch her registered in my mind, making me q
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