SHE was gone. The words kept replaying themselves in Derek's mind as he frantically did a sweep of the entire Nyayo Highrise, all while keeping clear of the police.
He would have spent the entire day looking for Tamana but then there was not much of that. Darkness was already taking over and for the first time, Derek realized he did not even have a place to stay.
He was exhausted, hurt and hungry but nothing at the moment could beat his anger. An anger that was directed at himself for how cruel he had been to Tamana. He could hear himself lashing out at her and then seeing that look on her face. . .
Derek had then dusted himself off, trying his best to clear his mind until he found a hotel room somewhere next to a drycleaners where he paid for one night. A night that would haunt him for eternity such that he could not bring himself to sleep.
