Chapter 7
The week dragged. I felt like crap. Even Peggy the self-centered Energizer bunny noticed my misery. She asked me what was wrong, but I shrugged her off. I didn't want to talk about it.
I called Damon every day, twice on Monday, but he didn't pick up. He must have caller ID on his work phone. The silence only made me feel worse, and I fell asleep most nights in tears.
Sometimes, I blamed myself. If I'd let things go and not urged him to see his brothers, we'd still be together. But then common sense took over. We wouldn't be together if he wanted nothing to do with his family. It just wouldn't work. No matter how much we desired each other and wanted to be together, it would crumble in the end because desire wasn't a strong enough glue.
I somehow got through the week. By the e
