“I am leaving tonight. I came to say goodbye.” A smile was on his face when he said, a smile that hardly reached his eyes. And I-I felt as though someone knocked the air out of me.
“Y-you are leaving tonight?”
“My father left this afternoon, and all the arrangements are made.” He said and stepped back. “Be safe and take care of yourselves.” He paused as I stared at him unable to say anything.
“Goodbye.” He turned around and walked away.
Vesna blabbered away while I responded with occasional ‘hmm and uh huh’. I stared down at the food on my plate. A few bites I had taken. That was all that I had managed to swallow. It was almost as if my heart was in distress.
