But he didn't know what was going through her mind. She hadn't answered his question because her heart was hurting. It was painful to think back about her relationship.

"Sheffield," she called after taking a moment to calm herself down.

"Hmm?"

"Do you know why I came here?" Too many things were bottled up in her chest.

She needed an outlet.

"To feel better?" he asked. He could tell that she wasn't happy.

“Yes. I was diagnosed with clinical depression."

Sheffield grabbed on to her clothes, but still didn't hold her.

"I want to go there. Is that okay?" She pointed towards a path.

Sheffield told the man leading the elephant to take that road.

“My family is worried about me, so I won't go back home until I feel better. But I don't know how to find the happiness that I am missing."

She looked ahead, at the long path in front of her.

“If you agree, I can help you," he offered

Evelyn shook her head.

"We can be friends, but we can't date. I'm 29, and you're—" Before the next word slipped out of her lips, it dawned on her that he had never told her how old he was. She paused before he could figure out that she had checked him out.

"You look younger than me. I don't want a May-December romance. That will be exhausting."

She wanted to be with someone her age, so that she could be taken care of. Sheffield was three years younger than her. Evelyn assumed that if they were together, she would have to look after him. She didn't have the energy for that kind of a commitment.

If he were as mature and stately as Matthew, then she might have considered going out with him. But he was nothing like that.

“Do you want to know what I'm thinking?" he asked.

Evelyn nodded.

“If you don't have a boyfriend, then I'LL chase after you. And if you do have one, I'll steal you away from him." It was love at first sight.

When he had first met her, one look and he felt like he had found his finish Line. The goal of his life.

When he had asked her if she had a boyfriend, she had remained silent.

At that moment, he had flinched.

But right now, he decided not to be a coward. He felt that she was trying to make him believe that she had a boyfriend so that he would stay away from her.