Bela sat down in the nearest chair opposite Adam, getting tired of standing around and thinking that it may be better to be at his level and talk some sense into him.

"Only if you allow it to be gone." The words are out before she can stop herself and Bela briefly wondered if there was much point because he mightn't even listen to them. Still, she had to try to get through to him.

The universe was going to owe her big time for this. "Don't give up. It's not going to get better over night but you have to try to get past it."