Cassandra Leone:-
I awoke to the dim grey light which seeped through the curtain, the room so deadly quiet. My eyes were puffy, hot, heavy, my lashes were caked with withered tears. Catching myself in the mirror across the room, I nearly laughed at the sight, dark and swollen circles encasing my eyes like a raccoon.
I had no humour at all this morning. Nothing but that bad stabbing feeling in my chest. The other side of he bed was not touched. Cold. Eliseo had not returned to me last night. The reality stung more than I would have liked to. He had never left me to sleep alone after any fight since our wedding night. No matter what the consequences or how bad things are, he always returns. Why didn't he come last night and leave me to sleep alone?
I kicked the blankets off and swung my f
