Chapter 034 – The First Night Back
Chapter 34 - Chapter 034 – The First Night Back
I did not sleep in my bedroom that night.
I slept in Henry’s old recliner with every lamp on.
Not because I was afraid of ghosts.
Because I was afraid of headlights.
Every sound became one of my children returning. A branch against the window. The refrigerator motor. A truck on the next street.
At two in the morning, I walked to the kitchen and made tea.
My hands shook so badly I spilled water on the counter.
That was when the anger faded enough for grief to enter.
I sat at the table and cried for the children they had been.
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Then I cried for the mother I had been.
Both were gone by dawn.
