22

~LEONA~

" So what have you also been up to!"

He asked out of nowhere.

I sighed.

" Well, I couldn't get any suitable job because I had none of my certificates but I was managing some work."

" I'm sorry about that but why did you leave so suddenly? I went to class and when I came, my friend said you left. I was so disturbed that I searched for you the whole week but couldn't find you."

" I had to leave. It was urgent. I waited for some time but you didn't come."

I tried not to give any hint of the ordeal I had to go through before leaving. Had it not been for his friend, I would have stayed.

"And you left everything behind without a second thought? Why? "

I bit my lips when the memories of that day won't go away.

I didn't want to implicate his friend so I lied.

"I'm sorry, Ray. but I had no choice at that time. I was called urgently to my school for some work abroad. I couldn't refuse such an opportunity but when I got there, there were no certificates to prove so I was laid off." I l