Regret alone

I came to Goa alone after my abortion. Told my office I had a family thing. Told my family I had a work trip. Sat at this exact kind of shack every evening for five days and drank beer and watched the sun go down. Nobody knew where I was. Nobody knew what I'd just been through. It was the loneliest and most peaceful I have ever felt at the same time. I don't regret the decision. I sometimes regret that I had to make it alone. — 28, Bombay