Chapter 15. Emotions

Maddie tried her best to clear the evidence of her breakdown, wiping away the tears from her face as Nate walked towards her.

“Are you okay?” He asked when he had reached her. A look of concern and some worry was etched onto his face. “Have you been crying?”

She stared at him for those few seconds, it was the calm before the storm and she dwelt in it. She cherished those few seconds of serenity.

But the moment she opened her mouth to speak, the tears started spilling with no control. “I…” Her voice broke. “I’m tired…I’m just so tired, Nate.” She started to cry.

“Hey, hey, hey,” He said in a comforting tone as he pulled her into his arms. “You’re going to be okay, you’re going to be okay,” He repeated like a mantra as she cried into his shirt.

“Why does everything always go wrong in my life?” Maddie kept crying, her heart aching. She felt like her soul was broken and pain was her best friend. “I’m just so tired of it all.” She sobbed.

Nate hated seeing Ma