A Broken Soul

"I'm sorry on my mother and sister's behalf, Mel. They are… "

"It's okay, Evan. They were not wrong though," Melanie halted him. They both were sitting on his bed.

"I should have thought before coming here, even after knowing everything. They were right. I'm an addition to your burden," She said.

Evan clutched her hand and replied.

"Don't say this. You're not a burden and I'm more than happy to take your responsibility because I want to be with you always,"

Melanie smiled at his words and then nodded.

"But right now, I can't stay at your house. Your mother and sister won't like it. They.. "

"You're staying here, Mel because I don't want last night to repeat itself again,"

Melanie noticed a sudden kind of firmness in his voice and words.

"What if something would have happened to you? How could I have forgiven myself that I couldn't even take care of the person I love?"

Melanie stuck on a breath, after hearing him.

"I'm fine, Evan and thanks to your boss, who helped me last nig