I woke up to a silence that felt wrong and sunlight.
I jumped up. The sunlight streaming through the gaps in my curtains was far brighter than it should be at 6:30 AM.
I scrambled for my phone on the nightstand. It was 7:45 AM.
My alarm hadn't gone off… I looked over at the now empty David’s side of the bed…. Or rather, it had been silenced.
"God damn it, David," I whispered, throwing the covers off and rushing into the bathroom.
I was very sure he had done it on purpose; it was a final, petty punishment for me refusing him the night before.
Catching sight of myself in the mirror, his words rang in my head.
I turned sideways, sucking in my stomach, tracing the curve of my waist. Maybe I really was getting fat. I felt bloated, heavy, and exhausted.
I hurried through a lukewarm s
