#Chapter 120 - Fate Answered

Adrian I sit in my car outside of Stella's apartment. It is a familiar site that I now welcome with open arms, even though most of the time I have been here, I have not been welcomed. I stare at the brick of the wall and look through the sunroof at the building as it pierces into the sky. I have no gifts with me. I come empty-handed. There are no tokens of my love or tokens in my appreciation for Stella, hoping that she will accept me as I am, and not as the man I have constantly pretended to be. My mother has brought me a lot of comfort in the past hour. I came straight from the nursing home to Stella, slightly avoiding my mother's advice of following Stella's lead, wanting to make it known that I will be following her lead from now on. It is unlikely to stay quiet to stay dormant, waiting for something to happen to me. I've always been the type of person who takes things into my own hands, to make things happen what I need them to. It is no different with Stella. I need her t