I sat in the lawyer's office, trying to distract myself from the fact that it was too cold and stark. Even the waste bin that stood at the corner was white. There were no colours, just emptiness. Nathan sat opposite me, with a frown on his face and his hands clamped together on the table. I tried to pull my eyes away from him, but they were the same shade of blue as Neah's. It was a bittersweet feeling, for her to be so close and yet so far away. “Why are you doing this? Is it because I forgot Neah's birthday? You followed me to the hospital yesterday simply because I was ignoring your calls and you made up a stupid story that Neah was in the ICU, so I'm not the only one that is petty. Something came up yesterday so I couldn't make it to Neah on time, Camille fell and knocked up the vase with her leg, she was bleeding and I couldn't ignore her.” That was the first time he spoke to me this morning. “Look, your eyes are puffy and red from crying, you don't really want this, do you?
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