21Nora
Two days without Julian.
I can’t believe it’s been two entire days without Julian. I’ve been going about my usual routine, but without him here, everything feels different.
Emptier. Darker.
It’s like the sun has hidden behind a cloud, leaving my world in shadow.
It’s crazy. Utterly insane. I’ve been without Julian before. When I was on the island, he would leave on these trips all the time. In fact, he spent more time off the island than on it, and somehow I still managed to function. This time around, however, I have to constantly fight off a horrible feeling of unease, of anxiety that seems to worsen with every hour.
“I really don’t know what’s wrong with me,” I tell Rosa during our morning walk. “I lived for eighteen years without him, and now all of a sudden, I can’t go fo
