Margaret
Our encounter felt awkward and weird.
And while I was happy to see him, it didn't feel like he shared the sentiment.
I realized that when I spoke to him. He changed his posture immediately as soon as I asked him about his job, but I just wanted to make conversation. Perhaps he has returned to his old ways of being an absolute asshole to everyone he meets.
"Margaret wait. "
Ace called me when I was about to go out of the bar.
"Can I drive you home, please? "
In annoyance, I turned around.
"No Ace, thank you. I know that you will want to insist, and I know that you have some questions that need answering. However, I believe that I don't owe you anything, and you clearly think that you do not owe me anything too. Let's leave it at that. "
Ace gently wrapped his fingers around my arm, and I didn't pull away.
"It's not that you owe me anything or I owe something to you. I thought that we went past the debts, and we formed a connection deeper than that."
I placed a firm hand on his shoulders.
"You are right, we did. But, I cannot just spend my time with the person who continues to facilitate the downfall of this country. If I stay with you, I feel like I will betray myself, and most importantly, I will betray my daughter. I will betray kids like Rosie who don't have an opportunity to go to the goddamn orphanage and are left begging on the street. I will betray all those people that still continue to call me, frantically begging me to save them."
He swallowed because of my words, uncomfortably shifting in place.
"So you see, I cannot be with someone like you for more than enough reasons, no matter how much I care about you. I have understood your reasons, and I ask for the same courtesy."
He lowered his head in shame.
"Look Margaret I am sorry that I haven't changed anything yet, but you have ... "
Pulling out of his grasp, I moved away from him.
"Ace... it's okay. You don't need to justify yourself to me. Really, "
"No, it's not okay! Let's just talk, please. "
"Good night Ace. "
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Operation: One percent
ActionWhat if you had to pay not to post on your social media, in an effort to keep the privacy of your thoughts? The same thoughts, if released, make you a target. Navigate the dystopian world, set in Rintalis city. SierraTech, the government's puppet, h...
