DESIRE
Standing in the parlour and gazing out through the window at the moon, I folded my arms on my chest and leaned on the wall, my thoughts on the events of the day. Nathan and Jennifer had left only a while ago.
Jennifer had been oddly silent, letting Nathan do all the talking. Normally she was always the number one supporter of Akin but this time she hadn't said a word in his defense. I wish badly she had said something, anything.
Too much had happened today, my mind was still reeling from it. My eyes had long dried of tears but they were puffy, I could feel them and I probably looked manic. I felt manic.
The sound of a car parking outside my house filled the silence in the air and I tensed, my spine stiffening.
I had forgotten to lock the gate again.
The gate opened with a
