41Nora
Tired yet hyper after talking to my parents, I walk up the stairs toward our bedroom. Though a part of me still wishes I could’ve shielded my family from my new life, I’m relieved that they now know the truth.
That they know the woman I’ve become and still love me.
Reaching the bedroom, I open the door and step inside. No lights are on in the room, and as I close the door behind me, I wonder where Julian might be. While I’m glad I got the chance to clear the air with my parents, the fact that he left dinner without a good explanation worries me. Did something happen, or did he simply get tired of us?
Did he get tired of me?
Just as the devastating thought crosses my mind, I notice a dark shadow standing by the window.
My pulse jumps, my skin prickling with primitive terror as
