A few more days passed and there was still no news of Ash. I felt numb; the possibility of Ash being dead hovered over me like a dark cloud. I fought the emptiness growing inside my heart. If I admitted to that, I’d be admitting that Ash was really dead.
I cringed, tightening the hold on my knees.
Why did this always have to happen? Why couldn’t we just be happy? I wanted this to end!
And by the looks of it, it seemed like it had. Only not how I’d hoped.
“Lee?” Ann stepped into the room and turned on the light.
I covered my eyes to defend the assault. I’d sat in the darkness for so long, the slight presence of light felt like my eyes were being pricked.
She walked to me and crouched down, “Why are you sitting in a corner?”
I just stared at her, unwilling to answer.
“You know the la
