Chapter 51

AFTER I WAS put into the prison, about an hour later, the prison bars opened again.

“You have twenty minutes.”

said the guard and a figure entered the prison. Levine. I stood up instinctively, I gulped and my mind went blank. He didn’t speak at first. I saw the guards leave, leaving me and Levine as the only people for the yard.

I was a prisoner who was prohibited for visitors as a part of the court sentence but he had been specially granted to meet me once and for all for the next six years.

“Or maybe… this will be the last time ever”

I thought back then. I couldn’t blame him even if it was. What right was there?

“Kenneth.”

he said. I finally looked at him, it was strange for me to hear my own name.

“Finally, I got to call you by your name”

his eyes were teary. He had cried, I realized looking at how red his eyes was.

No. No. No. He can’t be like this. He can’t be this kind to me. At least he should hate me. He can’t forgive me this easily. Levine. You can’t love me this much.

“Ken….