13. Varakiana
I never knew you could cry your tears dry — a bit like dry heaving after your stomach is well and truly empty — but eventually they stopped flowing, even though I was still sobbing. The pulling sensation in my chest, caused by the sobs, slowly subsided and I was left with a terrible ache in my stomach and chest.
I climbed out of bed, changing into my old clothes as I did so, and headed to the living area. I turned on the television and flicked through the channels — one hundred channels of nothing, unless I thought commercial after commercial telling me to call someone for a good time, or the countless shopping channels, were worth watching.
I threw the remote on the couch and dragged an armchair to the window, so I could sit and watch the lights, and when dawn broke, the
