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"You're beautiful," his voice echoed in my mind, filling me with confidence.
He didn't lie about that, nor did he say it to flatter me. He thought I was beautiful and made feel that way.
If you regret it this much, then why did you run?
The internal conflict never stopped since that day. I kept on trying to figure out if what I did was right or wrong. The fact that I was still unable to come up with a satisfying answer infuriated me.
"Is there a problem?" a voice asked.
I turned and saw an older man looking at me.
"You've been standing there, staring at the hotel for like five minutes now," he said. "You do this almost every time you walk past. Is there something you need help with?"
I recognized him, but I couldn't remember where I had seen him. But if he had noticed me, it meat many others already had.
"It's nothing serious, I just have a memory here that's all," I explained.
"I see," he said, then furrowed his eyes. "You look familiar."
"I was about to say the same thing about you," I said.
"Ah… I remember you now," he said. "I work in this hotel as a receptionist. You came here with a handsome man last month."
So, that's why he seemed so familiar? I didn't feel embarrassed or awkward as he mentioned that I had been there with Ben. The man didn't have any other intention when he even mentioned it.
"Yes, I did," I replied with a warm smile. "And now I can remember you as well."
"Well that's good," he said with a nod. "Did you later meet with him? If you don't mind me asking?"
"No I didn't," I replied. "Why?"
He sighed, "He woke up that morning and started looking for you. At first I thought you stole something important and ran. But the look on his face when I told him that you left late in the night. How he bolted out of the hotel to look for you—and his expression like that of a child who had lost his favorite toy—was enough to tell me that he had gotten his heart broken."
I couldn't believe what the man had told me.
"You're making this up aren't you? I asked.
"I wish I was. If I was that creative, I would have been able to write my own novels or something," he replied. "That was all I observed happen. And that was how interpreted it."
"Oh, I get it now," I said as I turned my attention to the building again.
I made Ben suffer when he didn't deserve it.
"You ever saw him again after that?" the man asked.
"No, never did. I didn't give him my contact details so I've not reached out to him either," I answered.
"That's a shame," is all he said as he left me to my thoughts. "You might not want to observe the hotel too often. People might get suspicious even if you don't have any evil intentions."
"I understand sir, thank you for your time," I thanked him.
Maybe I should have stayed after all.
What if he paid the man to say that to you?
To what end? When both of us didn't have any way to get to the other?
The internal conflict was getting extremely annoying. I needed to get ready for my trip.
