24— Web of criminals: The ties that bind.
“Finally, she found solace in her own chaos.”
—Saumya Tripathi
“You lied.” Several words had formed in my head that I wanted to voice out but I couldn't. My tears seemed to have dried as well.
Suddenly Sabba knelt before me on the floor, holding my hands in hers. “Do you feel better now?”
Was I? No. My lips were too frozen to word out.
“Are you crying again?” She wiped my cheeks with tears strained cheeks. “Please don't. It breaks my heart watching you hurt." She looked at me straight in the eyes, her words matching her eyes. “Don't be saddened by the facts. At least now you know the answers to some of your questions about what you have been seeking from the very beginning. Shouldn't you?”
She was right. Wasn't she? But with my mind frozen, I didn't know what to say to that. “I am not crying.”
She gave me a toothless smile. “Sure. Sure.”
“I am not!”
We fell into deep silence for a couple of minutes when she stood to go somewhere.
