Excuses

Abelard and Jane are sitting together on the bank of a clear river. The two of them exchanged glances with one looking unconcerned and the other confused.

“What? Are you trying to say that if it is a yes?”

“You said your name was Jane, right?”

”Is it your real name or just a fake?”

“Real.”

“Then hear me out Jane! I just don’t like seeing those kids commit crimes. I’ve known them for a long time and I stopped them several times, so maybe they were afraid of me.”

”But perhaps you. You have something that makes them melt so easily. But it seems you also have thorns that make some people hurt and even die. But for me it’s okay because every fallen tree will give a place for another new tree that will replace it and with another tree lives, many others would get benefits from it.”

Jane’s jaw gets tightened, her eyes focused on Abelard as sharp as a razor blade. Jane could feel her chest tighten as soon as Abelard’s words entered her ears. Jane thought Abelard is completely irrational with