part sixteen

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'you're imagining him, this is not real' curtis thought and harold begged on his doorstep. curtis took a deep breathe. "no" he said firmly. "no explanation is needed" harold's frown deepened.

"you faked your death, you were a double agent. you got as close as you could to a high ranked officer to get secrets" curtis stopped to let himself calm down. his eye twitched and he knew he was going to start crying sooner or later. "i know everything, harold. just tell me one thing, and for the love of god, don't even think about lying..." curtis said. he looked at harold straight in the eye. "did you ever love me?"

harold looked at the ground beneath him, he knew every hope he had of becoming friends with curtis was about to be shattered as he said the one heartbreaking word.

"no"

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