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Betty sat in her chair, staring outside the window into the garden where flowers were in full bloom, the only thing she enjoyed these days, watching the flowers. It's been a week since Betty has left the hospital and all this while she has not left her bedroom, she just stayed inside avoiding any sort of human contact, especially that of Develin who has tried lots of times to come close to her but had failed miserably.

But still everyday he tried again and again, In the morning, bringing her breakfast and in the evening he sat down with her having dinner in her room while he made sure that the maids gave her lunch during midday when he was out.

He tried hard, but still Betty just looked at him with an emotionless face, a cold expression he had never seen before and he so desperately wanted to change back into that smile of hers that he has grown to like very much, the smile he has seen at moments she hadn't noticed….

Today he wanted to try a new approach. He wanted to open up about