Small crispy snowflakes fell down from the heavens at a surprisingly calming pace. The ground was layered to a depth of about nine inches of snow and the trees bare of the once autumn colored leaves that grew on it. The temperature has dropped several degrees compared to yesterdays and the sun hidden by the grey clouds of winter.
There was no one talking. There was nothing moving. There was no sound, just the everlasting silence that developed in the surrounding atmosphere.
There are two types of silences. The one that made everything peaceful and comfortable as you close your eyes and imagine that one happy place that makes you unconsciously smile and the one that made everything awkward and unbearable to utter a single sound because the tension was too thick to break.
Right now, I can’t decide which one it was as I walked through the pathway that seemed to be almost endless in my eyes although in reality it was probably half a mile or so.
I was grateful no one else was here so I could gather my thoughts, but the quietness of being alone scared me to the core.
My heart was racing at an alarming rate, so fast I could practically hear it ringing in my ears. I swallowed painfully, the dryness reminding me of how long I’ve been out here. I lost track of time the moment I realized what I was really doing here.
I kneeled down on the cold ground, one leg balancing all of my weight and the other I pulled up to my coat covered chest tightly. I crossed my arms on top of my knee and rested my chin on it, my eyes never straying away from the sight before me.
A million thoughts ran throughout my head, all of them forming different words into different sentences but all of them conveyed the same message.
“I’m sorry”
The wind blew softly, the cold brushing against my rose colored cheeks. I bit my lip nervously.
“Not the best way to start a conversation huh?” I forced a small laugh “I remember that you always hated when people just randomly said something to greet you”
My gaze lowered towards the ground, my jeans starting to soak from the melting snow. I didn't bother acknowledging it.
“I wanted to let you know what happened. You didn’t deserve not knowing the truth” A white smoke escaped my lips as I talked and I watched it slowly evaporate into the thin air “We might have never seen eye to eye but you’re still someone that I will never forget no matter the circumstances”
The breeze came again and I closed my eyes in concentration. Everything that happened from when it started to right this very moment came rushing at me like laps of ocean waves hitting upon the shoreline roughly. I opened my eyes, taking a deep breath before starting.
“On the day of November 18th, I got kidnapped and taken to the FDA…"
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