The sound of rain, tapping against the window by her desk refused to let Merril think straight.
It refused to let her gather her thoughts, to even think of what had happened.
How everything went so wrong, so quickly.
How in the span of an hour, friendships were destroyed, and people's trust in one another was broken.
How there was nothing she could have done to stop it.
Merril's hand tightened into a fist, as she raised her arm, to wipe at her face.
Tears weren't fitting for this situation, she muttered to herself.
But they kept coming, no matter how much she wanted them to stop.
Wiping them away once more, she looked down in front of her.
A quill, and a sheet of paper. All that was written on it was a single sentence.
Merril sighed, shaking her head. She knew these words would never reach him.
She wished she said something different.
"I'm sorry, Andy."
It refused to let her gather her thoughts, to even think of what had happened.
How everything went so wrong, so quickly.
How in the span of an hour, friendships were destroyed, and people's trust in one another was broken.
How there was nothing she could have done to stop it.
Merril's hand tightened into a fist, as she raised her arm, to wipe at her face.
Tears weren't fitting for this situation, she muttered to herself.
But they kept coming, no matter how much she wanted them to stop.
Wiping them away once more, she looked down in front of her.
A quill, and a sheet of paper. All that was written on it was a single sentence.
Merril sighed, shaking her head. She knew these words would never reach him.
She wished she said something different.
"I'm sorry, Andy."
