Chapter Fifty Five
When David had removed himself from me, it had felt like someone had ripped part of me away. I ached for him to return, for him to hold me and chase all my fears away. He disappeared from the room, but I barely even had the facilities to register where he was going. My legs seemed so heavy suddenly. I just couldn't keep standing. Lowering myself onto the bottom step of the stairs and just looking into the distance. It was like I had split into two people. One had all the brains, but none of the function and the other who had control of everything couldn't think long enough to make my body do anything. "Aurora, come on." He waited a second as though he was waiting for me to move on my own, but there was just no ability for such things. He bent down and scooped me up in his arms, and I inst
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