I was lost in a pensive mood that I didn't even know when Danny left. When I noticed his exit, I only concluded he left surreptitiously not knowing that it was my alternative thought that was deluding me.

It was a sunny afternoon. The weather was dry but the environment was calm. The atmosphere was relaxable, the wind was perambulating and the whistling of the birds added piquancy to the idyllic state of the house.

Despite all this solace, I couldn't help but have my heart palpitating in perplexity and discomfiture. I was hanged on a bated breath and adrenaline was responding to the stimuli of my veins.

All I...