Kapitel 519: The bigger person

03:05;

Throwing pebbles into the river Grail a few meters from City A, Diablos sat over the old timber jetty, thinking of the minutes he'd spent with the girl. She was beautiful tonight. Like a painting filled with vibrance and vigor.

Should he have kept her in the dark, he wondered. He'd noticed her shoulders trembling as she'd stormed out of the mansion earlier. But she deserved to know. Every bit of it. And he knew that.

"I figured you'd be here.", Nifhel approached the man from behind shortly after, "What's on your mind, Boss?", he asked.

"Sit down.", Diablos said, patting the empty wooden surface next to him. Complying to his boss's commands, the man perched down beside him, waiting for the other one to break the silence. "I really love her, you know?", Diablos smiled sadly, glancing down at the stones in both his hands, "It's so difficult to let go."

"Then don't."