Chapter 3

“Tell me everything,” I repeated my voice steady. I lowered my eyes and faced him and seeing his sadness I swallowed hard.

“It’s unreal,” he said, this time he looked away from me, his eyes were glistening. “I’m not sure I know what’s happened.”

The waitress arrived with small cups of clear broth with some vegetables in it and refilled our waters.

“I’m sorry.” I said, my eyes riveted on him. I couldn’t believe I was sitting across from him in the same dump where I had met him once before when he wanted to return a T-shirt I had left at his place after one of our interludes.