Lost Me Gained Regret

Dailey stepped in and set the tray down. "Time for dinner."

Nelly looked up at Dailey, her face pale against the deep black of her pupils.

Dailey, with one hand in his pocket, stood still, his expression indifferent.

After a long moment of eye contact, Nelly cracked a smile, "Dai, you're here to dig up some dirt on me, aren't you?"

Dailey remained silent.

Nelly took a sip of her soup and spoke slowly, "This is getting boring. How about you agree to a condition of mine? I'll cancel the appointment, and we can go back to how things were before." Dailey had an inkling of what the condition might be.

He had thought Nelly's feelings for him were just a phase. They lived under the same roof, saw each other every day; it was normal for feelings to develop at that age.

He had believed that with the years spent abroad and the passage of time, those adolescent emotions would have faded.

But instead, they had persisted, even intensified.

After a long silence, he spoke frankly, "Honestly, I don't think this is what liking someone is supposed to feel like."

"How can it be 'liking' if it makes someone uncomfortable?"

laughed, "How is it not liking? I want to possess you, just like you want to possess Christine. How can you say

thought it was pointless to discuss this

was too far

"Eat."

"I am eating,

my condition, haven't you? That's why you're avoiding

the chase, "Being with other guys abroad, that was because of

Dailey had found out

she knew things could never go back to the way they were. Now, her main goal was to ensure he and Christine could never

fact that I

Christine forever, and I'll take care of the rest. No one

you again,

to say that only

for now, he

"Take care of yourself."

he

a while, then suddenly, she swept it onto the floor,

...

out that before Dailey and I went to RiverCity, Nelly had