#CHAPTER 61: The Apology

MILA For a moment, I could not move or speak. It was all of my dreams and nightmares coming true at once. His face–that face that had haunted my every thought for the last week and a half–was now only a few feet away. I could reach out and touch him if I wanted. I had spent so long convincing myself that Felix would never find me that I had not allowed myself to ponder the possibility that he actually would. And now, seeing him… I wanted to throw my arms around his neck and beg him to take me away from my family’s house. But I couldn’t go back to Fresonia if I was running away from something. I wanted to move towards something, not away. And right now I did not know if Felix could reasonably be something to run to. I could not tell what Felix was thinking as he saw me. His face was impassive, stoic. He carried a massive bouquet of flowers and wore one of his nicest jackets. My heart melted when I saw him, but the logical part of my brain was fighting