ime choos
rything in
ed to the wall
s face. The calming effect he wanted hadn't kicked in. Each scenario playing in his head was sudden
leeding with strong emotions and whiskey-or vodka. It all
clock again-2:15
king mi
able, unsure where to start his
cking himself up, he prowled towards the heap of
nothing, her sleep un
r prying eyes. "Oh, thank God," a
weight rested on his forearms, and
edge of the bed, watching his wife, Kacey, snore softly. A half-empty bottle
r children affec
t of Kacey was the bottle
t smeared her nose. Anger-hot and furious-surged through him. He wanted to scream, to shake her awake, to demand
cut
't her
own her sorrows like this, to
st of his life with. And yet, he didn't question his feeli
er surroundings-of his presenc
*
, the heavenly aroma of his wife's coffee inviting him. "We have to talk
up. Is this the moment? She slowly raised her evading gaze, "Wh
t, rummaging thr
coffee, I m
t what went wrong. He would fix things. They would go back to what they used to be. It w
ter, spilling a fair share as
wallowed s
talk about?" She s
ook a deep breath, the air filled his lungs with the scent of despair. As much as he wanted to, he kn
rm ceramic cup, and took
r?" He found some
searching for a plausible
u mean you
rinsing her cup. "I guess I left it out.
"Should I b
second. "I don't know wh
and he loved her; more than anything and anyone in the world. Her conscience always tugged at her heart when she'd wake up with banging headaches
ot bring her f
've been acting different lately. Leaving
o told you why I left the car out, I was..." she trail
to leave your car out god-knows-where. I don't know what you think you are doing, but tha
n of the great Monroe." She said sar
in. "S
like nothing happened, Leo. Don't you get
hugged her f
ion. She thought she had overcome this, but there was too much loss around he
e unthinkable happened: fire engulfed her car, razing her two precious daughters into nothing, but ash. The ag
le and stay sa
anything and everything for them to get back to what they used to be, but that was the problem: he loved her more than an
were my babies, not yours. I'm sur
t she needed to be alone.
is pent-up rage, only to be stopped by t
es
his brows at the cops
h mor
staring at th
d like to have a word with a..." he took out a
e. "Um, yeah... why?
her." He peeked behind Leo. "It will be really helpful for our c
ormation could you possi
use address also popped up. Can you please let her know we're here? To save ev
ehind Leo, "What
rrest for the death of Mr. Pa
htmare. Suddenly, the house felt small, a building envied by the wealthiest neighbors trapped him like a cage.
fuck just