[Damn it. That's not what she wanted to do. She didn't want to upset him, she just wanted to talk, to have him there, so maybe for a little while she could actually pretend that she wasn't really terrified of what was happening.]
[But he was already gone, and the tears she had been trying to hold back since the start flowed freely. She rolled back over on to her side, burying her face in the pillow as soundless sobs escaped from her.
She didn't even realize that she had company those five minutes later, far too upset to pay attention to anything else.]
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Zulf--... I'm sor-- don't go... don't--... please...
[But he was already gone, and the tears she had been trying to hold back since the start flowed freely. She rolled back over on to her side, burying her face in the pillow as soundless sobs escaped from her.
She didn't even realize that she had company those five minutes later, far too upset to pay attention to anything else.]