“I don’t know”.
Dex replied honestly.
“I never thought you’d find out the truth.
That you’d be sitting here across from me like this”.
Shanaya looked at his disfigured face.
His lifeless right arm, the scars on his neck.
Then she looked into his eyes, the same brown eyes she she once fallen in love with.
So much pain, so many lost years.
“I don’t know if I can ever forgive you for lying to me,” she said quietly.
“But I’m grateful that you saved my life today”.
Dex nodded, accepting her words.
“I understand.
I don’t expect forgiveness”.
Shinaya stood up.
“Let’s go.
We need to get out of here before Captain Freeman changes his mind”.
They stopped at the exit of the police station.
Dawn was just beginning to paint the horizon with a pale pink light.
A new day, a day that changed everything.
