Leaving no stone unturned

His words resonated in her head. She could feel that he meant well from the way he looked at her. She took the jacket from him and wore it without saying a word. He wanted to help her to wear it, but it looked like she wasn't interested. She was struggling to get the right words to speak. She continued looking down and said,

"I wasn't hiding. I was just ..."

And her words were interrupted with a knock on the door.

It was David again.

He came in and saw both Raymond and Akira together and he could sense that he had interrupted their conversation again like the day before. He could clearly feel that something was wrong as the whole aura of the room seemed tense. But he didn't have the courage to dissect and probe further. He looked at Akira and saw that she had her head hung low. So he decided to go ahead and speak his mind out.

"The delivery guy is here and he has got both the colors", David said.