“Callie, wait a minute.” Archer, who saw her move from there, tried to hold Calie's hand.
Archer's grip on Callie's hand made her forcefully turn towards him. “What-what else do you want to explain?” She snapped in annoyance. Her hazel-coloured eyes revealed a deep sadness and frustration that was depicted there. “Do you have no shame in meeting us after what you did? You disappeared. You left me to bear it all alone.”
“Callie, Archer didn't mean that-“ Edith spoke but was cut off by Archer's raised hand and signaled his sister not to say anything in his defense.
It wasn't that he didn't care about whatever Callie said about him—he cared about that—but every word from Callie that cornered him was something he deserved. He made a mistake, and it was right. He couldn't deny it at all beca
