“As a matter of fact, yes, we did.” I could tell by the way that his face fell, that Dae was far from happy with what I had just told him, but even so, I could tell that he wasn’t surprised by what I had told him. It gave me reason to believe that perhaps there had been a part of him that had been expecting all of this to happen—if that was the case, then it was something that wouldn’t surprise me. Dae wasn’t stupid. He had enough brains to be able to think logically for himself. “Are you being serious, or are you being sarcastic?” I could tell that he was hoping for it to be the latter, that even though he knew the likelihood of it being practically near non-existent, he still had hope for it. I was going to break his heart, and it would be the fault of no one other than myself. But