Moving Closer

"Then why didn't you come out as Valerie right from the get-go?" Faye queried.

"You never inquired." Clara answered.

Faye remained silent, her emotions a complex web.

"Clara, do you really need to be this ruthless? Couldn't you see nothing was wrong from my side?" Faye's eyes brimmed with indignation, feeling Clara's approach was unnecessarily harsh.

"So, it's my fault? You commit the wrong and ye