Rebecca
The silence of the hall came to my consciousness, like a slow crippling sensation that slowly paralyzed my nerve cells. All I could hear was the sound of the voice in my head, mirroring the rhythm of the heart-wrenching heartache that filled my insides.
I sighed in frustration, as beads of sweat tickled down my forehead. The silence lasted for about fifty seconds, and even if there was so little a drop of a pin, the sound would echo throughout the hall.
The gross silence was soon replaced with the chattering of the people present, going across the hall, while some expressed genuine shock, others seemed to be excited that Rowland had lost a huge amount of his fortune. So much for being his friend.
My eyes darted across the room, observing everyone while looking for Rowland who
