Tavros let out another huff and brought his hand up to his face as if to compose himself. I couldn't help but compare what he did to what I had done earlier in that room with Gary.
Was this perhaps the universe giving me a taste of my own medicine?
"My apologies," he said, though I could hear in his voice that he wasn't sorry at all. There was a total of zero pinch of sincerity in his tone. "It has been… quite some time since I've had the opportunity to make a joke. I saw my chance and felt like I had to take it or else I would regret it."
Staring at him, I asked just to clarify in case I was misunderstanding, "You were joking, right?"
"Yes."
"Which means that… I'm not trapped here. Correct?"
"You are not trapped here, Bell. Don't worry."
My entire body paused for a moment, from my brain to my heart. Then once I resumed, I let out an audible exhale.
"That was a good one. You got me there," I said.
