CHAPTER ELEVENFive days was already gone and Mark had not yet shown up. Stella was already beginning to see that she had finally lost him. In fact, whenever she remembered the look that was on his face before he had entered his bathroom on that memorable day, it would dawn on her that there was no hope that he would ever come back to her.
Since the day that she had left Mark’s house, she had remained indoors crying and sympathizing with herself. To her, there was nothing else left to live for. There was no need going to school, that was why she sent them information that she was having fever and wouldn’t be able to come to school throughout the week. She was hoping that by the time the week was over she would have decided what she would do with her wrecked life. Besides, she wouldn’t be a
