“No, you won’t say a word, Harriet. You can choose to say whatever you want. However, you can’t choose to decide things for me,” she instructed me with a dominant push.
While staring at her displeased face, I realised that she wanted me to leave. Before walking away, I grabbed a few of the food items and then walked away. Holly chose to follow behind me.
After arriving at our previously chosen place for taking refuge, we took a breather. We had only walked for fifteen minutes, yet it felt like a mile.
“You didn’t have to stick with me, especially since you abandoned me at your own convenience,” I made a bitter remark to extract Holly’s reason for being there for me.
She held my shoulder as she clarified her intentions, “I left you when you became acquainted with Emanuel and his mat
