I would love to.

Karina

I laid there in silence. Perhaps it was that exhaustion or the overwhelming events of the day but I didn't know when I fell asleep. I was woken up by Levi's cries in what felt like hours later. The place gleamed a bright orange spelling the evening.

I moved to action quickly, patting him and feeding him whilst pacing. It took time to grow fully conscious but after, it was easier to process everything that happened, especially the woman.

She had invited me for tea. It was like a fever dream of sorts.

After I silently agreed she had given me her directions and told me her name. I listened to it all listlessly, nodding.

‘Her name was Emma.’ I noted, nodding to myself.

The real question I needed to ask was if I was going. A part of me wanted to reject it, but I didn't want to be rude.

Thinking back to the look in her eyes, a part of me resisted. She wouldn't want me to come in the first place.

‘Then why would she ask?’

Minutes passed as I patted Levi while he fed from me. There w