Way Down They Go
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Grace:
I stayed in bed the whole of Sunday morning, feeling so bone-tired and numb that getting up felt like a chore that I had no energy for. Someone knocked on my door sometime after I had woken up, but they went away after I didn’t respond to their third round of knocking. I fell asleep shortly after that, still wearing the clothes from the previous day, feeling tired even though I must have already slept for over ten hours. It turned out that heartbreak was exhausting.
I woke up again to the sound of yelling as the afternoon sun was streaming harshly through my bedroom window. In my half-awake state I recognized the arguing voices of my father and Kingsley, which made me sit up and try to listen in. I hadn’t seen my father since my wedding day, so him being ther
