After seeing the Afrita Tower, Rorita took Tremaine to a nearby restaurant.
She told Tremaine that she had eaten in many restaurants and that this was the best one she had ever been to.
Tremaine nodded.
In the following days, Tremaine accompanied Rorita, but remained distant the entire time.
Rorita noticed this as well.
The trip was meant to last three days but it was cut short into two instead.
Rorita had bought herself a plane ticket home.
Tremaine was shocked. 'Aren't we going back tomorrow?"
Rorita smiled bleakly. "Sir, since you don't want to be here, it would be better to go home early."
Tremaine was quiet.
After a while, he said, "I'm sorry."
Rorita shook her head and said, "Sir, you don't have to be sorry. Love isn't something that can be forced after all. There's no need to be sorry since you don't love me."
Tremaine kept quiet.
He was very sorry for Rorita, but not because he didn't love her.
He owed her way too much.
Before they left, Tremaine asked if he could take Rorita to see the Afrita Tower once more.
Rorita agreed.
This time, they saw a middle-aged man there.
The man was playing the cello.
The song he was playing felt bitter and sad.
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