I decided to come with them. Right after the final period, the four of us hailed a carriage that brought us to the city. Throughout the whole ride, silence wrapped us like a heavy blanket and I was sure there was a sort of awkwardness that had made me think it was a bad idea to go after all.
"It's just going to be a simple dinner, with Mel and his family," he had provided, his tone filled with a hint of coercion.
"All right, I'll go," I'd replied, feeling a bit of hesitation.
I'd seen how relief flooded his eyes, and that took away most of my doubts, preventing me from thinking twice about this decision.
Perhaps the reason that I didn't ask him why was because I was scared to. And I was gravely wrong at the part where I had thought that it was the three of them that wanted this, not only Ivan.
