Cold Realization

Kaelia

That hurt.

Rhydian did not linger to say more. He only dropped one line like a bomb and walked outside, apparently done with the investigation.

And I stood by the table, staring at his retreating figure like an idiot.

No, there was no ‘like an idiot’.

I was truly an idiot. And he had proved it to me in one simple sentence.

I felt incredibly stupid for my spontaneous outburst. That must have