Chapter 69 Borrowed Time

• Sophia
• The door clicked shut behind him. I didn’t move. I stood by the window, watching his car disappear down the long driveway like I always did, only this time, I didn’t wave. I didn’t offer him a soft smile or pretend I wasn’t breaking a little more inside each morning. I just stood there, arms wrapped around myself like a fragile shell was all I had left.
• The house was quiet. The kind of quiet that made your own breathing sound too loud, too shaky.