Limerence
“my words are barely a whisper.
“Sir?”
“No, no…come back.” I run from window to window, following her in my mind’s eye, watching her leave. Choosing him over me again.
“Sir? Are you okay?”
I clasp a hand to my chest, pain shooting through it like I have just been stabbed in my cold, dead heart. I turn to look at Cleo, my face crumpled in anguish. I don’t know what to say.
She continues to look at me with those deep brown quizzical eyes. Watching me, following me. I know that ...she is the spy; I know that she is telling the Queen everything, but it’s all I can do to stop myself tearing my own eyes out when I feel the tears building in them.
I swallow. “Yes, Cleo. I’m fine. Leave me.” I turn from her, choking down a sob. She’s gone. That was it. She does not want me; I’m pretty sure she will never want me.
“Sir?”MoreLess
“Sir?”
“No, no…come back.” I run from window to window, following her in my mind’s eye, watching her leave. Choosing him over me again.
“Sir? Are you okay?”
I clasp a hand to my chest, pain shooting through it like I have just been stabbed in my cold, dead heart. I turn to look at Cleo, my face crumpled in anguish. I don’t know what to say.
She continues to look at me with those deep brown quizzical eyes. Watching me, following me. I know that ...she is the spy; I know that she is telling the Queen everything, but it’s all I can do to stop myself tearing my own eyes out when I feel the tears building in them.
I swallow. “Yes, Cleo. I’m fine. Leave me.” I turn from her, choking down a sob. She’s gone. That was it. She does not want me; I’m pretty sure she will never want me.
“Sir?”MoreLess
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