C48 Heart's Desire

"It was obliterating me. The creature inside me wants to reach out. I concealed him for years, holding it, masking it, telling it he couldn't get out. No one has to know about it. He can't be revealed because I live in a world of curiosity. If that inquisitiveness is triggered, everything will fall apart."

He looked away, looking beside him, where my face wasn't seen