Chapter 60

"Not today," he muttered as he closed the door behind him and leaned on it. "Not today," he murmured again with his eyes closed. The memories of his childhood were reeling in and he did not want to go back there. It had taken him years to escape it, and that meant being distant from his father. 

He would not be able to ask his father those pressing questions in this state. Yes, he was still running away from his childhood and his father, he admitted to himself.

"Alex," 

A soft and sultry voice pierced through his thoughts. He opened his eyes to see a worried-looking Mia in front of him. He exhaled as he straightened up.

"Are you alright?" She asked him as she looked at him. 

He had been so lost in his thoughts that he had not heard her walk up to him. He looked away from her and started walking down the hallway.

"Alex, please stop," she pleaded but he kept walking. "I beg of you," she pleaded once more, but he did not stop. He walke