In his eyes
Kimora, her hand limp in his, looked like a wilted flower, drained of sunlight and hope.
Their pain was a physical presence in the room, suffocating Nora with its intensity. Sebastian, their only child, Alexander's childhood friend, lay on the other side of a thin wall, his life flickering like a candle in the wind. To know this, to feel the raw edges of their sorrow while knowing her ex-lover was its architect, was a torment no empathy could truly soothe.
"Kimora," Nora called out, her voice barely a whisper as she sank into the chair beside her. "I have to go now, but I will be back soon. An engagement I can't reschedule. Please forgive me."