The city felt different today. Previously a comfort to Emily, a sense of normality in the middle of the turmoil she had gotten caught in with Daniel, the buzz of traffic, the glitter of skyscrapers, and the incessant rush had been. But now everything seemed alien as if she no longer belonged here. Everything brought back images of him and the life she had sought to flee. Though far from the grandeur Daniel had surrounded her with, the flat she had leased in the middle of the city was straightforward. She was alone for the first time in weeks and for the first time in what seemed like eternity, she could breathe.
Emily deposited her luggage on the little kitchen counter and looked about the barely equipped living area. Though not much, it was safe. Safe from the gloom that had shadowed Da
