Serena
The moment the front door shut behind Damien, I stood there like I had forgotten how to coordinate myself.
"Don't wait up for me. I'm not coming home tonight."
Those words kept playing in my head. Over and over. I didn't even realize I was crying until my face felt wet. My chest hurt so much that I thought it was going to explode and there would be nothing left of me.
I went upstairs slowly. Even the appetite I managed to have this morning disappeared as well.
The room felt so strange and empty. I sat on the edge of the bed, stared at the floor, then finally broke down. I curled into myself and cried the way you cry when you no longer know what to do with yourself. I tried to stifle the sound of my crying with the pillow so nobody would hear.
At that moment, I felt so alone. I started thinking about my life and wondered how and when things had gotten so bad.
I didn't know how long I stayed like that.
At some point, my phone vibrated.
