The twist of fate

"The door was shiny; I saw Benjamin's reflection coming in. I scoffed in my reply, 'Love? Do I look that desperate to you?"

 

"'Desperate,' you say. Ain't you the one found locked with him?" He asked.

I snapped, "Why am I answerable to you, Muya?" I lost it.

 

And I carried on eating.

 

"I brought you here, Erica," Muya said, and his brother's voice resounded. "And what if you did, Muya?" Benjamin's face was fierce, his veins building up, and Muya tensed up.

"Answer me!" Benjamin said this behind his clenched teeth. Muya looked at me, and his breathing accelerated. It was evident he was terrified of his brother at that moment.

 

"A silence passed; no one spoke. 'I'm sorry, Benjamin; I crossed the line,'' Muya admitted. In that moment, Shelly finally met my gaze when she entered.

 

'Get out!''