No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

To Chase or Not?

I wanted to chase, to get some clarity. But as I saw the lunchbox thrown into the trash can, my courage faltered.

It wasn't just the lunchbox he discarded, nor the food inside. It was my feelings he threw away.

So why bother chasing, asking, only to embarrass myself?

I put down the lunchbox I had retrieved and walked back to my hospital bed, no longer able to bring myself to eat.

The person who had brought back the lunchbox seemed to catch the drift and carefully placed it in front of me.

"Just take it back," I said.

"No, it's fine..." the person withdrew their hand.

"It was you who picked it up, it should be yours. Besides, you can eat it without worry," I said, before picking up my fork again and angrily digging into my meal.

Conrad caught someone's eye from across the room, signaling them to take the lunchbox away and then stopped me from continuing to fork a meatball, "Don't take out your frustration on my food." After a pause, he added, "Maybe Ernest left because he saw me here."

That hit me hard. I remembered Conrad wiping my face earlier, and my heart felt sore.

it seemed like I couldn't

my thoughts, Conrad had already packed up the

until Jacqueline called. "Felicia, there wasn't any trouble when Rad brought you food,

aback, "Jacqueline, what's

saw he had a bruise on his lip, looked like he got into a fight,

my mind. Had Conrad gone to confront Ernest after leaving

this thought. Jacqueline rambled on a bit more and even asked if the pies were

up with Jacqueline, I

as if on cue, I bumped into Grant as soon as I

say, slim and trim than a few days ago."

I not have? Between Ernest's cold shoulder and a recent flood, I had dropped

dieting. Seems effective, Mr. Smith noticed," I managed, hiding my inner turmoil

lost weight too, at least five pounds,"

if he was thinner

not because whenet

all

he looked at me.

that, and Grant stepped closer, "So, you two haven't

I thought of Ernest's attitude and stubbornly added, "We've

couple argues. My fiancée and I argue all