Athena

Nori and I were quiet on our way home and I didn’t really mind as I am a bit tired myself.

“I’m sorry to have you in the middle of it,” Nori said, breaking the silence, “I know that I still owe you an explanation but I just don’t know where to start.”

I sat quietly beside him with my eyes on the road ahead. I know that Nori is already having a hard time and I don’t want to add to the pressure that he was feeling.

“I can’t tell you the whole story yet, not because I don’t want to,” Nori said softly, “But because it’s just too much and too early for me to talk about.”

“But what I can tell you now is,” Nori paused, and I can see him deep in thought, whatever it was that he was thinking was breaking his heart. I can feel it. ‘Lana isn’t a bad person, she just fell in love with the wrong person.”

I still sat quietly, Nori is starting to let me into his mysterious, hidden world that I don’t want to make him close the door on my face.

“If there is a bad person in this story, that wo