A month passed 

Days drifted by like sand through wide open fingers. 

Lydia had no grip over it. 

Time passed by slowly, quickly, and left her bitter. 

Byron left. Lydia learned as much from Ola. 

Byron left for a semester abroad. 

His parents were in a hurry to hide the whole debacle. 

Byron left in spring and would come back only in fall.

 Lydia did not understand much.

 She did not try either. Byron was inaccessible. It was another realization that left her breathless; the huge gap between them only grew. 

She did not know what to say anymore. She did not know what to do either. Instead, she watched...