CXLIX

Mel looks out her bedroom window at the sun going back to his hiding place in the evening sky

it's beautiful. she said as she gaze upon the orange sky that looks like a cloud of burning fire.

it is. said Xander as he walks into the room.

Mel didn't respond but keeps her gaze on the burning sky. It has been a week since the incident of Benjamin. the week passed like a blur for Mel but it was torture for Xander. he thought he could give her the space she wants, though they lived in the same house they slept in different bedrooms, he had tried desperately to understand what she went through and to give her the much needed space but he can't anymore. he is down to his last rope and he doesn't know if he can continue to hold the rope or let it go.