THE REENCOUNTER

It was definitely her, although now she looked thinner and more gangly. She was surrounded by a thick gray mist that reflected her deep loneliness. Seeing her frozen tears, Jonah recognized her immediately. He couldn't forget her, for she was the only person who had ever treated him as a human being. His first and only friend.

'What am I doing?' Jonah reflected. 'I will give false hope to the only person who has been kind to me.' He had to tell her the whole truth. He could not lie, not to her. 

"Why have you suddenly gone quiet? Is something wrong with you?" Camellia asked. 

"I'm sorry, sometimes I get immersed in my own thoughts. I forget I'm in company." Jonah hastened to answer.