After blatant silence which was louder than any argument, they reached the house. At last the car came to a stop with no one moving, just still, in the car. Emilia was spinning as she watched him from the corner of her eyes. Leonard gripped the steering wheel, knuckles white, staring ahead like the garden before them might offer some kind of a salvation. His jaw clenched so tight she thought his teeth might shatter.
She huffed then yanked the door open and slammed it shut so hard it echoed in her chest. She started hastily towards the house, boots pounding angrily against the pavement, but she stopped and whirled around to face him again as he was getting off the car. She heaved fast from the weight of all the things that sat on her chest, the things she wanted to say.
"You know what? I
