Her nose tingled. The tears that had only just stopped flowing moments ago began to gush out again.

"If you really want to cry," he said, his fingertip caressing gently against her eye, "then just let it all out, Sis."

Him calling her ‘Sis’ was like a key that unlocked all the pain and misery that had been suppressed and sealed up all this time. Unable to restrain her emotions any longer, she yelped and finally cried her heart out.

How long had it been since she last cried her heart out like