Memory Reveal II

"I want to understand something…"

Peter suddenly said, interrupting me, the only person in the room that wasn't releasing sparse tears from his eyes.

I wasn't sure when Diana had started crying, but I had heard her sniff when I had started talking about the ruthless beating that Adam and his brothers had delivered to me.

Laura's case was different. She was right in front of me. The bullying incident at the cafeteria had upsetted her tear glands.

"The Adam that committed all these atrocities… is it the same Adam that had come here to see you?"

I nodded slowly, shutting my eyes the next second out of stimuli, when Peter suddenly flung the glass cup that I had used to down the pill earlier, away from the table with his right hand. The cup smashed on the floor and broke into pieces. No one moved to get a broom to tidy the mess up.

"How could you still face him? How could you meet him alone? Do you still like him?"