Claire:
The night swallowed me whole as I left the villa behind, the only sound my suitcase rattling over the stones. My chest heaved, fury and despair tangling in a knot so tight it made it hard to breathe.
But now that I was out of there, I found myself being completely lost. I didn't know where to go or what to do. I didn't even know if I chose to make the right decision.
I had nowhere to go.
No one to turn to.
No one but the one man I swore I would never call.
And that man, the man that I knew was waiting for me to weaken, to drop, was the one man that I wanted to avoid.
I put my hand on my stomach where my baby was growing, where his baby was growing. A tearful from my eye before I could stop it, but I was quick to wipe it as I looked away.
“There's no use crying now, Claire.
