Chapter 82 In Love

• My heart felt like it was being squeezed into a rock-hard fist. Leaning into Hollis, I cried my heart out. It was so painful, too painful, unbearable. I cried until my shoulders, my arms, and my lungs ached and I lost my voice in the process.
• When I was done, and all I could do was whimper, Hollis carried me to bed. He placed my head on his chest, and stroked my hair until I fell into a dreamless sleep.
• I woke up in the middle of the night to his absence. The pain that was in my heart was still unbearable and with his absence, I could feel it even more. The house was quiet; I tiptoed to the living room in search of Hollis. And there he was, seated beside the entrance door.