Cleaning Out the Closet

With that she agreed, it did not matter anymore. Broen was gone and nothing she could do would ever bring him back. And the idea of that, if she allowed it to take hold, still left her cold and numb, and extremely heartbroken.

"Don't apologize, please. I admit that it does hurt to talk about him, but it feels good in a way, cathartic, I guess," she admitted glancing at Frederick and wishing that somehow thingshadt been different for each of them.

"And I don't know if I've been understanding or not," she said glancing at her hands for a moment before continuing,"But I have lost way too much lately, and I just can't be angry anymore. It's extremely exhausting, it doesn't make me feel better, and more importantly, it achieves nothing, Broen is gone, and nothing I can ever say or do will change that fact."

Zora looked curiously at the time when Frederick mentioned dinner, and saw that it was in fact, fairly late in the afternoon. She had been there quite a few hours just talking and had not even noticed the passage of time.

"Dinner would be nice, thank you. I'd have said a drink, but I really haven't eaten anything all day," she admitted sheepishly, not really wanting to go back to her hotel yet either. She knew if she was left alone with her thoughts, she'd just end upset, and today, aside from a few hiccoughs, had been, quite surprisingly, a fairly good day for her.

"While Chinese is fine, I don't want to inconvenience you this evening," Zora said as she slowly got to her feet. She really didn't want to put Frederick on the spot by overstaying her welcome. Though she had to admit that it had been a rather pleasant afternoon despite the sombreness surrounding her visit.

"If you are sure..?" she stated somewhat hesitantly, looking at him for some type of object as she sat back down in the chair. Noting that there was none, that he truly seemed okay with her staying, Zora quickly shook her head.

"Nope, no allergies," she said, smiling a little at his explanation, "And I am not really fussy, though I can't say I am a huge fan of tofu, so aside from that, I'm open to whatever you'd like to order."

Zora took the plates and cutlery from Federick as he unpacked the food from them. "Smells good," she said as she set a plate before each of them as well as a knife and fork. "I haven't had Chinese in quite a while actually."

"No, not really, I am used to eating at my desk, and when Broen was free, with him," she admitted as she watched him open the containers of food. "Lately, though, I've spent more time with my aunt and her family, but normally, it's just myself, maybe Felen, maybe my assistant,¨she explained, knowing as she spoke that it was not a great way to live, but what else could she do?