CHAPTER TWELVE
SOPHIE
PRESENT DAY
Things have been rocky with Weston, and I wish our relationship could go back to how it was in the beginning. Carefree and happy. Since he lost his job a couple of days ago, he’s been drinking nonstop. His temper has flared on more than one occasion, and I feel as if I’m a burden to him. Things have escalated to the point where my feelings for him have faded, and I wonder if I was really in love with him at all or just the thought of him. He changed once I let him in, and he knew how to use my compassion against me.
There are times when I try to be on my best behavior because I don’t want to upset him, knowing it might set him off. Moving in with him was obviously a mistake. I would leave if I had money and somewhere else to go, but I’m afraid he’d com
