(Rigel)
I make my way to meet my mother and Aziel. I knew he had returned from his therapy session.
He has taken this initiative and I do wonder if I should go down that route too. But the thought of opening up to a stranger is unsettling for me.
My steps halt when I hear his voice through the door. The heightened hearing helps me. He is speaking to my mother.
"I don't know how to tell her what I have been through. After so many years of abuse, speaking to others is a laborious task for me, even with Amaia..."
His voice has such an anguished plea that it reminds me of my darkness and how it has shaped my whole life. I can't even bring myself to share those harrowing scars that have scarred me for life.
Wounds so deep that they are etched into my soul.
"I only know how to speak with you openly because you know, you have seen what I have been through," he continues to lament with my mother.
