"Anyway," Merisa continued after a brief pause, lifting her hands and wiping the tears from her face as if erasing them meant erasing the moment itself. "Let's clear things out today."
Her expression steadied again, but something had changed beneath it.
"I… I really don't want that kind of thing to happen."
Her voice lowered slightly.
Even if it was an illusion, it had left something behind. Something deep. Something that refused to disappear. A fear she never wanted to face again. A future she would never allow to exist.
She didn't want to wait.
Not anymore.
So she looked straight at Razeal.
She was done circling.
She was done letting unspoken things rot between them.
Now
She wanted answers.
Now
She wanted the truth laid bare.
And whatever happened after that… she would face it.
