28 Love Hurts

They stood there in silence, Sarah’s question hanging between them like a two headed sword. Sarah’s blood was rushing to her face with every second that Eric simply stared at her without a word. His face had an unreadable expression plastered all over it, Sarah couldn’t even get a hint of what was going on in his mind except the fact that she had apparently, completely embarrassed herself. Just as she planned to make a run for it, unable to handle any further embarrassment, Eric finally spoke up “I am sorry if my coming here is awkward for you, I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable, Michael was just really upset about the whole thing and I wanted to see Mr. Stone. I- I couldn’t help it.” It hurt her to listen to him give her explanations. It hurt her more that he chose to ignore her outburst and said something sensible instead. Of course, Michael wanted him there, Eric had become a part of the family over time, after their break up Michael had made it clear to Sarah that he