XLI | War

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It's two days
after the incident
at Blue Abyss

when I visit Kumar at Rowan's house.

I hesitate
at the bus stop,

suddenly remembering how she cried.

Tears flowing from
expressionless eyes.

Jerry had been insulted

but she had cried.

I texted her,
the number Kumar used before.

No reply.

Jerry said afterwards

the incident was fuzzy in his mind,
that he's used to
people criticising him
for his sexuality

—there's no way
he'd react so violently

towards a girl,
even if that girl was crazy Rowan.

Her opinion of him
doesn't affect the truth,
he'd said.

That sentence sounded familiar.

Ming glanced at me,
skeptical.

He had seen it too.

But I let it go.

It was also a bit
blurry
in my head.

And anyway,
she's not replying me.

'Kumar's there, right?' Ming pointed out.

'Go and say you're visiting him instead.'

So here I am,

standing
unwelcomed

in front
of the nameless chicken rice shop.

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