Smells Like Dysfunction
'We're in this together now,' she says to me. 'We will make it through somehow.' I said nothing, remained transfixing my sight on to her, and suppressing an overwhelming wincing sensation inside me. I thought it's either she's delirious or hopelessly clueless. So I decided to wait, harnessed all my opinions, and waiting for the right opportunity to unload it all. 'Well,' her eyebrow rose, mouth open. 'You aren't helping at all with silence.' What answer does she want? 'I think it's better if you let it be,' I tell her coolly, as if understanding fully the situation. Her eyebrows immediately drowned and made me feel a bit queasy. 'I don't get it,' she says. 'But I think I understand where you're coming from. You do make a fine point. Let's take that into consideration.' I certainly didn't get what she meant by that but somehow I felt jubilated. Now feeling confident, ...