i

uitcase in hand, I looked around think

ut my phone to check the time, “It’s too late. Most of the sauna’s

na is a very good friend of mine. She’s been around since R

fidant I’ve had since I moved awa

ore answering her call,

and tell me

do y

me so hurry up and

had Ryan called Tina? The least I wanted to d

ecause I knew Tina wasn’t going to drop it, I told her

about it, I really did but my mind kept on going back to

together since we’d gotten married or maybe way

ond words that I allowed myself to

shined my way. Getting up from the bench, I brought my

helped me get my suitcase i

ld I outgrow this?. I corrected myself immedi

ou two

think so? Did h

you as clear as water. You went from

est my head backwards, “I

tay at home? Come on homeg

honestly, I just want to sleep tonight if t

t remembered today is your one year annivers

hat I hadn’t given it enough thou

r it to come out the way it sounded. It’s just that…” I decided it was best to tell her, “Ryan an

t shocking news ever but still did her be

lowly drifting off to the sl

s; she’d woken me up, “C

es; I looked a

imbed down from the car as I

as she rushed over to meet

o take my

d sleep. It’s been a long day for

ut

me because you and I both know you would have done the same t

oing it” Tina concluded as I try my best to suppress the urge to cry becau

mbraced her ever so tigh

g sorry from today. Hurry up and go

ka

staying. She’ll show you to your room.

e up

urned my back at her and mad

on but it was cozy. It was a two story

ther side of the lawn that h

oupled with the white interior of the house and the g

aking my focu. It was then I real

to the second floor and the firs

the maid turn away, I m

ne bed. I stripped out of my clothes ma

athing and he’d be singing songs for me from outside the doo

r maybe while I thought he was te

g to hold back my tears, “Why am I cryi

give into my pain, there and then at the b

e bathroom, threw on clean pair clothes and moved to the

ing eyes on me. It was as if she didn’

ew out; my mouth fi

to do? After the

orking a lot, you know. I intend to go bac

l be going

“Yes, I’ll be g

ven’t thought about