What did you think would happen?

She'd known that he was here, sure, but Mara hadn't anticipated being approached. She thought she'd messed up badly enough that he'd be too angry to want to come up to her again. When Amos approached, climbing quietly down from some rocks, nails clicking on the stone ground as he came closer.

Not being prepared at all for this conversation, she struggled to come up with the words to speak. "I, well, I just came to check on you I guess," she began uncertainly, trying to read the tense expression on his dark face as she stumbled awkwardly over her words. He seemed to soften slightly, so Mara would quickly swallow her pride and add, "Amos, I'm sorry for what happened. I- I've been in a terrible place since you and your siblings left. Not because you left, but, I just haven't been myself. Or maybe I'm becoming someone else… Hopefully someone better. Either way, I can't express how deeply sorry for what happened when we saw each other last. It shouldn't have happened and there's no excuse for the state you found me in." her throat was tight as she swallowed, glancing around nervously. Suddenly she felt like a child coming clean to her parents about something bad she did.