What else could he possibly have done? What choices did he ever have?

And I know how he feels–it’s so good it hurts.

At what point do you give up - decide enough is enough? There is only one answer really. Never.

But I don't want to be fine, not if it means she's going to let go of my hand; not if it means we're going to go back to being polite strangers.

There are no laws, no boundaries on feelings.We can love each other as much and as deeply as we want.No one, Maya, no one can ever take that away from us.

Before there was anything, there was Lochan.

I want to tell her that I can't pull her down. I want to tell her that she has to let go of my hand in order to swim. I want to tell her that she must live her own life. But I sense she already knows that these options are open to her. And that she, too, has made her choice.