It was only later, when Zyra and I left the scene of the incident that she broke down in tears, "I didn't want to let anyone see it. I got this just as I was arriving here. Then I forwarded it to you because I was so scared. I thought...oh, this is all my fault. I should have been there. I should have traveled with them, but I was so strong-headed. I wanted to stay here and fight."
She continued to cry, losing her focus on the road, swerving. She pulled over at the curb. I knew that it wasn't safe for her to drive for the time being so we traded places. We sat there crying in each other's arms.
"Please don't think like that, Zyra," I choked out when I could actually speak out of my own grief. "If you were gone, I wouldn't be sane. You can't think like that, okay? We have only each other now, and we have to live with it."
