She is so wonderful. I was infinitely grateful to her. If I once envied her a long time ago, at this point everything is gone. Once I started, I could not stop. I told her everything. How he controlled everything in the house, how his shirts had to be ironed, how he called me Marie . When I mentioned it to her by name, she looked at me in astonishment.
- Oh, Luna, it sounds like he wanted to delete you.
We spread out a large blanket with sewn-on animals over which Matthew crawled until he fell asleep wearily on a flock of sheep. Adrianne opened a bottle of white wine.
- Your medication says that alcohol could increase the side effects.
- Great, I said, raising my glass, - go ahead.
I lay on the floor next to the sleeping child and tried to settle down on the pillows Adrianne had br
