There is so much about the relationship, that she is afraid to talk about. What started so cohesive, with them on the same page…is now, no longer so.
She has picked up an entirely different book , after ages of deliberately trying to slow down and stay on the same page as him.
That call from within, is insistent, incessant and so difficult to ignore.
Its not just her.
She is realising slowly, that the effort she was making to slow down , was way more effort than he was making to keep up. He was not really interested in the book …just interested in keeping her by his side…turning the pages for him.
Her hold is slipping and its as if the strong breeze is just waiting to whip her away …far, far , far away……