ock c

in the heavy silence of the hallway, i

e mine anymore. The windows were sealed shut. My phone was gone. The land

d, my hands trembling as th

he tiny life curled inside me

bled into o

r. I saw no one. The silence remained unbroken u

sn't

as H

lk robe. The very one Gabe had bo

e noted, smoothing the fabric possessively

railing a finger over my jewelry box. She picked up a silve

asked. I was slumped in the c

The guest room mattress is too firm. The doctor said stres

is my

edatory thing. "Gabe is in the Hamptons. He n

r from her pocket and

SUFFERS MENT

k letters. Below it was a statemen

raying for her recovery and support Gabe during this difficult tim

The air seemed to

Sullivan fortune to keep their failing business afloa

Everyone thinks you lost your mind and tried to hurt me. Gabe is the grieving vic

ut," I

ke

don't bother screaming. The staff has been replaced with people on our

. The lock clicked ag

udges. Anger, hot and violent, started to replace the shock. B

, doubli

t a cramp. It

h as if I could physically hold us together. Stress. D

mpty room, my voice cracking

first time in my life, I knew what it