18 Mad

Oh, baby, I know sometimes it's gonna rain. But baby, can we make up now? 'Cause I can't sleep through the pain.

– Ne-Yo

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“Annaliese, stop.” Santiago tried to keep up with her anger-driven fast pace. He was hungry and didn’t want to waste his energy any longer. He needed to stop her from running away right at that moment. “Hey, stop right now, would you?”

“No, I won’t!” Annaliese refused to even slow down. “You’re going to feed me again with your motivational speech and I don’t want to hear any of it now. I’m so fed up… Okay?” She stopped walking for a second and showed her wet cheeks.

Before she could put a wider distance between them, Santiago grabbed her by the hand. “So, don’t run away from your problem!” he exclaimed.

Annaliese burst into tears and sobbed loudly; her face was entirely covered with her palms. She didn’t move an inch, making her look like a crying statue.

Santiago ran his fingers through his hair. He hadn’t expected to encounter this kind of situation. A c