“Hi”

“Hi,” Reyona responded with a semblance of a smile and gestured at the space beside her on the bench.

Maxwell sat, and they were both silent for a while.

Reyona could feel his eyes on her, but she didn’t look away from the cascading fall of water in front of her.

“How are you doing?” he asked eventually.

“Like I am about to sign my life away,” she said automatically.

Then, still without looking at him, she waved her hand airily and said “That was a silly joke. Toria must have influenced me,” she added with a dry chuckle.

“You told her.”

“I have to tell someone,” she said...