Chapter 88

Lake: It is safe to say I ran out of the restaurant as quickly as my legs could carry me. I could hear faint cries behind me, echoes of a male voice screaming my name, but I paid the voices no mind. I had to be out of the building as fast as possible, so as not to make a public mess of myself. I walked to my car and leaned against the first door, flinging my hands over the car and placing my forehead on it. I shut my eyelids very tight, to stop the tears that lingered in them from flowing. Immediately my tongue sipped the familiar taste of the noodles, and tears gathered in my eyelids. I wanted to scream for joy, yell out in anger and cry in pain, all at the same time. So, I decided to be silent instead, it was the only reaction that would not expose any of the many things I felt. As I ate the noodles, I saw myself again. I saw that day, very clearly. It played out in front of my eyes like I was watching a movie. It was the event that changed my life, the moment I fought hard to bury a