~22~

We soon returned to the house where Arcus and Mark were still sitting in the living room, in the same spot, watching some old school movie. It is 8:00 pm now, I guess. Ruby soon headed to the kitchen and started preparing dinner. “Wanna stay with me? or do you prefer going to the room upstairs to rest a bit maybe? It was a hard day for you after all” She said.

I still did not feel asleep and neither had anything to do, so a chatting buddy would be a greater option. Therefore, I accompanied her to the kitchen and sat on a chair next to the kitchen entrance. While expecting that she would keep asking me random questions or telling me about the best friend's past, she got distracted by her cooking and left me frozen in my place and having nothing to do at the end. The TV’s voices caught my attention then. And a sentence trigged me more.

“You’re scared Benny. You’re scared and I know why. I used to look up to you, but now I can’t look at you at all.”