Chapter 98
"I just…I needed to know, okay? I needed closure."
"So you went off without telling anyone where you were going, without any protection?"
"Yes." I say quietly.
"Did you stop to think about what you were doing, even for a second?"
"No." I say even more quietly.
"What was that?"
"No, I didn't stop to think about what I was doing."
"Why not?"
"I don't know." I admit.
"So you got there, what then? You were attacked?"
"I…"
"Were you attacked, Vincent?"
"I…" I stutter for a moment. " No."
"No?"
"I wasn't attacked."
"Tell me what happened."
"I went in. She didn't recognise me at first. I told her who I was. What had happened to me since I left. She…started saying stuff. About how she didn't care, and she wished I'd died." I pause, not wanting to tell him about what happened next.
"And?"
"I tried to hit her. She blocked it, so I swung again. I hit her that time. Made her nose bleed. So she hit me back. Knocked the wind out of me on only the second punch. She just kept hitting and kicking until I blacked out. Then I woke up here."
"So you were attacked?"
"No. It was my fault."
"How was it your fault?"
"I threw the first punch."
"She provoked you."
"I should have ignored her."
"Yes, you should have." We sit, looking at each other, before I have to look away.
"Sorry."
"It's alright."
"That's it?"
"You were provoked. You reacted badly, but you realise that you shouldn't have. That's the end of it."
"Thanks, Naboo."