By the time that it finally became acceptable for us to go to the dining hall, the sun had already begun to set outside. It had taken an eternity for the time to pass, but now that it was finally time for us to leave, I found that I was dreading facing my father.
I had somehow convinced myself that I wasn’t going to be worried about seeing him, but as it turned out, I had been wrong. I had been more than wrong. My heart felt like it was about to jump right out of my chest at any moment, and I wouldn’t be able to do anything about it. I don’t even think that I would be able to patch myself up afterwards.
“A penny for your thoughts?”
Of all the things that Dae could have said to me at that point in time, he chose to say that. I admit that it was a good ice breaker, but I wished that he
