The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Sophia slept through the day, and she only got up in the afternoon.

When she walked out of her room, neither John nor Zack was around.

She scratched her head and headed out, not knowing where she wanted to go. Ever since last night, she had been feeling somewhat conflicted.

For reasons unbeknownst to her, she had a dream last night, and it was about things that happened a long time ago; things that she thought she had long forgotten.

But they appeared to be so vivid in that dream: fights, curses, accusations, blame-passing.

They were all horrible things.

She could even feel somewhat suffocated as she thought about them now.

So, she sat back on the couch in the hotel lobby and stared at the hotel entrance.

It was as if there were many voices in her head, but she could not tell for sure what they were about.

She felt that she had nowhere to go, and if it were not for John and Zack, she would not know what was next for her.

The thought of this made her feel useless.

After a short while, she heard Zack’s somewhat anxious voice. “Why did you leave the room? We thought that you were abducted when we didn’t see you in the room after we got back.”

Before she realized it, Zack had walked up to her and was standing opposite her.

Sophia grinned. How old do you think I am? Am I that dumb to be abducted?”

Zack liked this tone.

her, patting her on her shoulder. “Now that’s what I like to hear.

stood up. “I wasn’t

“You aren’t fully recovered yet. You should be

as she walked toward the

was still in the hotel room. It appeared that Zack was the only person that was worried

of minutes. “Zack and I have eaten. What would you like to eat?

grunted, and that was

he could say to her, so he

the other was in the living room; nobody

was in the past when this was their default way of living. They always had nothing to

never followed up with

she was sitting in a chair by the window, she heard John’s phone ring, and quickly answered

that he was not talking

it would not be a business call at this hour. If it was a private call, she could not think

on the window, trying to eavesdrop on his conversation

grunted and continued,

how the other side responded, John then replied,

startled. It must be someone

had a guess, and

smart was not always a good thing as

she heard John laugh. “Forget it. I

exhaled and

last too long and

was pin-drop silence in the living room

that, they two had no conversations even

that they were flying out tomorrow to see if they needed any

have much with her, so it

looked at her belongings and nodded. “Sophia, this is an easy

“I guess your fever is completely gone. Are

head.

some food. We’ll eat something nice today as we probably won’t have

John had already changed

still not talking to each other, making the atmosphere

at the restaurant downstairs, another person appeared and sat down the moment the three of them

was President McCaw of

down, he immediately said to John, “President Constance, I’ve been waiting