SIXTY SIX: DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL

"By the way, where's your guide?" He asked , turning to look at me walking beside him. "My guide?" I quizzed "You know what I'm talking about, Ariana" somehow I felt sad again because he called my name, instead of saying, 'My Lady'. " I know you're talking about the book. "I'll get it back, I promise" "everything you need to do is in there. Everything you need to do for a long time, while I'm away. All you need do is obey" "If you didn't lose it, this wouldn't have happened to you" he said. "The cold room experience I mean" "I'm glad it happened to me" I retorted before he landed.. "I mean, If it didn't, I wouldn't have seen you again" I told him, staring deeply into his face. It hurt to do that. I quietly embraced him tightly and cried tears because I couldn't hold them back anymore. "I'm sorry" he said. "I'm sorry we had to part this way". I felt a tear drop on my back. Tears that were not mine; He was crying too. "I don't want you to leave me again, Robin. I'm pleading. Don