internal struggles

CHAPTER 47

MALCOLM

“I’m sorry but they deserved it,” I put out my honest feelings to Leilani,

But then, it was as if that wasn't what she wanted to hear.

“Who are you to judge? Aren't you the same as them? You all rejected me when I needed you most. And now you try to tell me who deserves to be punished?” she exploded and glared at me.

I opened my mouth to talk but suddenly didn't have anything to say. Leilani shot me another cold glare, then walked away dragging an unwilling Melinda along. I stood as if rooted to the ground watching them walk away. I didn't know how to react or what to do at that moment. My foot moved even before I could think of it. In a flash, I ran after them and took Leilani’s hand.

“Give me a chance to explain myself. I promise I had your best interest in mind when I did what I did, "I pleaded.

Leilani gave me a downgrading look as if I just told the biggest lie of the century.

“Let go of me,” she said and tried to pull her arm off my grasp, but I held her even m