The Truth - Sella

"Are you fighting with Tio? Why?"

 Sella took a deep breath and let it out slowly through her nose.

 "I broke up with Tio."

 Sella looked sadly at Bintang. His expression was so flat, there was no meaningful response from him, so Sella continued her story.

 "That afternoon, I went to his apartment because his number was dead for days after we broke up. I want to talk about our problems being okay, because maybe we were both emotional before..."

 Sella stopped. The image re-emerged in the girl's mind. Sella's chest felt tight again. His breath was starting to get heavy again.

 "What do you see?"

 Sella turned to Bintang who was staring at him deeply.

 Sella inched to hug Bintang and hide Sella's tears that had escaped from her sad eyes.

 "I saw him chatting intimately with a Caucasian girl. The girl sat on Tio's lap. The girl kissed and kissed Tio. And Tio kept quiet. She didn't mind at all. She even smiled at the girl!"