He Stands at the End of Memory
He remembered the dead, distant look in her eyes through it all, with no tears, no accusations, no hurt, only a cold, flat calm.
So it had never been a fit of temper.
It was a goodbye she had planned long in advance.
A fierce irritation and the anger of being defied surged wildly in his chest.
"Bring me the box she gave me that day."
His deputy quickly fetched the white box that had sat carelessly aside for days.
With fingers heavy from his post-surgery weakness, Sebastian lifted the lid.
Inside there was no token of reconciliation, not a trace of lingering feeling.
There were only two cold, neatly pressed documents.