Release – Kissing A Writer by Shani Haim

“What an idiot I was.” She huffed a watery breath. “To believe you were getting the hint, getting why I had to do what I did. To believe a real happy ending could happen to me.” Her mouth pinched into a thin line before she mumbled, mostly to herself, “I was so naïve.”

I stared at her dumbly as she waited for my reply.

“Noah, I’ve been trying to talk myself out of misjudging you, of not giving you a fair chance.” She twisted her fingers.

“You made it feel so real, this affection for me.”

My fists clenched, the fingers digging into my flesh. With as much restraint as I could muster against these hurtful

accusations, I answered, “Alda, I think you should take a moment and listen to me before you say something both of us will regret.”

“Regret what? Saying to your face how you left me when I needed you?”

Evidently, grudges were indiscriminate and they dug roots down in both our souls. 

She hid her face with her palms then raked her fingers through her hair, slowly moving her gaze from the covers to me.

“Why are we doing this, Noah? Huh? What am I to you? Am I a toy? A plaything to use and then write stories about?”

If words could kill, I’d be bleeding to death on the floor right then and there.