50. Sick Leave

"I want you to let me in. I want to know the real you, so that I can completely understand you. I want to understand all of you, the good and the bad. I want to know what drives you to make a mistake this severe, more than anyone else."

Hendra was jolted out of his misery. He brought his hands around her, trapping her until she returned his embrace.

"Will you let me in?" she repeated in his hug.

"An understanding will make someone unable to blindly blame the other," Hendra stated instead, "I know that theory, just never thought my naïve wife would have that deep insight."

"I don't know anything about that theory. All I know is that 'the best companion must recognize the one being accompanied beyond the understanding of others', so that I can be on the same page as you from now on," Aruna said.

_I want to know if you will need your remedy. I never cared before. But, the path I have chosen is perfectly clear, all risks must be borne_