Chapter 11. Time to Change

He nodded, and though it was reluctant, though it was slow, her shaky hands loosely settled around him, holding him until the tears stopped coming.

Delilah let go of him, stepping back and away. “It’s late, I’m going upstairs as you ordered.” She turned to walk away, but his feeble attempt at holding her back, stopped her from walking away. “Wait… I-I have something to say.”

She turned back to face him, those brown eyes staring at him with little to no expectation. She didn’t care about what he had to say ~he knew~ and yet, she still stayed to listen. “I’m sorry; about everything that happened between us… I didn’t know what I was doing… no, I did, I was just… I~”

“I don’t want your sorry. Your sorry will never bring back my baby, nor will it grant me back the life I used to have. Keep your sorry to yourself, even if you say it forever… I won’t forgive you…”

And then she climbed the steps, not looking back at him. He sighed as she disappeared down the hall, po