Chapter 24

I throw some rock at the lake and just stare at the horizon blankly. I switch my gaze to the moon that reflects from the water. I heard footsteps coming but I didn’t turn back, I kept looking at the water. Then I see Blake's reflection from the water.

The two of us didn’t utter a single word. Silence surrounded us, only the sound of cricket that we both heard.

"If you want to ask about what I said, you better not cause I won’t explain anything," I said coldly. I heard Blake sighed.

"I’m not going to ask anything. I’m here to see if you are okay."

"Now that you have seen me, can you please go?" instead of hearing him walk away, he sat next to me. Sighing, I ignore him and continue to throw some rock. "Remember that day when we were in Italy, you sneak out in the middle of the night? Only to find you sitting on the ground staring at the lake?"

"How can I forget? It has been a week of me staying in that hellhole after Mor