Chapter 35

KRISTEN

Yes, something happened... something I never envisaged...

I smiled at Edith. "How do you know that something happened?"

"People don't just shut love away like this. Something must have happened."

I had no idea I had finished my food until I dug into the plate and lifted an empty spoon. I let the spoon go.

"And how do you know I shut love away?" I asked. Am I a glass fence?

"Kristen, I'm not a baby, you know. I hear and see things. It's clear that you push people women away when you learn that they love you," she said like a professional, giving me her utmost attention.

"Who told you that?" I exhaled, trying not to let my emotions show on my face.

"I knew something was wrong after I heard that you only go after women for sex, and even at that, you don't indulge in strings of any form," she said without any emotion on her face.

I must be the