  &quot;If that was what you were going to do, why did you try to find her then?&quot;
  Michael was silent. He had been asking himself that question too. The length he went to, to find her, to be here. He couldn t even say if meeting her was going to change anything about his view on commitment, perhaps his mother was never the problem with his relationship but he was. Although he had learned she still had some feelings in her to shadow him and she had been young and foolish. Funny nobody ever told him his mother had been an eighteen-year-old girl. He can understand or at least pretends to understand how she must have felt. Young, scared, and with no sense of security. It was only logical she left his dad whose business had just crashed and moved on to a better man. 
  &quot;I guess you don t have an answer to that?&quot; Leah broke into his thoughts. 
  She was wrong to have left you a

  This time, he was the one who left, even before she could reply to him.
  The next morning, before they woke up, he was gone.
  It was evening when Michael reached home, tired and worn out. The bad road had contributed to his tiredness but more than that he was disturbed.
  He doesn t know what to do with his mother and sister. 
  &quot;His sister,&quot; He called. Rolling out the word on his tongue. She looks everything like him. He fears they have too much in common that they may never agree on anything or even like each other. 
  But that was a lie. He liked her already. And now he was feeling protective of her. He wants to help her. He wants to be responsible for her and help her get proper education to achieve whatever it is her dream was. But he would never do that for her. Because he had promised to disappear just as she wanted.
  And Michael was almost sure, if she knew who he 

  &quot;Come in,&quot; He called.
  Leah popped her head in
  &quot;If you d care for a bath, I will show you the bathroom,&quot; she said 
  &quot;Right on time,&quot; he said to himself.
  &quot;Pardon?&quot;
  &quot;I will be glad.&quot; he answered. Standing up and moving to where his overnight bag was to bring out some toiletries and a towel
  &quot;I will be outside waiting.&quot; She said and was gone.
  &quot;Tha...&quot; He heard the door close after her.
  He met her outside, not exactly waiting for him. The house was such that the kitchen, toilet, and bathroom were situated outside. He walked towards her; she was bent down over the fireplace trying to blow air into the fire. When she was done, she stood up dusting her hand, she turned and saw him standing there, watching her.
  &quot;I will show you to the bathroom,&quot; she said trying to hide her fright of seeing him standi

&quot;If that was what you were going to do, why did you try to find her then?&quot;
  Michael was silent. He had been asking himself that question too. The length he went to, to find her, to be here. He couldn t even say if meeting her was going to change anything about his view on commitment, perhaps his mother was never the problem with his relationship but he was. Although he had learned she still had some feelings in her to shadow him and she had been young and foolish. Funny nobody ever told him his mother had been an eighteen-year-old girl. He can understand or at least pretends to understand how she must have felt. Young, scared, and with no sense of security. It was only logical she left his dad whose business had just crashed and moved on to a better man. 
  &quot;I guess you don t have an answer to that?&quot; Leah broke into his thoughts. 
  She was wrong to have left you and I am sure she regretted it. She has been all her life.&quot; This part she said almost to hersel

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