"Is it too late for us?"

"What did you just say?" Ivory asked. She hoped she heard it wrong. She did not want to get mad at her closest buddy.

"I said… I asked him not to come back," he said in a serious tone. "It's all for your own good, so-"

A loud slap echoed in the room. Lucius was shocked; it was the first time that Ivory hurt him! 

"I thought we already talked about this! How could you ask him to leave me…" as more tears fell on her cheeks, she felt her knees weaken. She knelt on the floor and cried as much as she could. 

Lucius tried to reason out with her, "I apologize, Ivory," he tried to reach out his hand to her, "I just-"

But she shoved him away, "Why do you keep on meddling with my life, Lucius?! Do you know how hard I tried to keep my feelings covered up? I tried hard to move on… look what happened… he left me… he promised not to, but he did..."