He'd been quiet for so long I thought he was.. just gone. Dumb, I know. I know better, he waits until I cant face something myself, says he'll take care if it. Prides himself on making me say yes to him.She watched Ella pull her hand under the water and she gently goes to take her hand back, trhing not to wince at the contact but failing. She let her good hand roam across the counter, finding a towel to wrap around it, even as the drunkenness crept back through her.
... I can do it, Novella.
She moved automatically, methodically as Orion slipped away completely, leaving her alone in her mind once again, wrapping the towel over and over, glossy eyes looking over at the door that showed a jagged edge where the door knob had once been.
I see.before the letters, she would have thrown a flippant remark about money, and replacing it, now she was too tired to even try and summon up the persona that was Kaczor, the play-girl, the heir to the family.
Why are you here?She finally looked over at the woman, her gaze showing the hurt there, even as much as she was trying to hide it. After all, the letters had plainly stated she was annulling the marriage, why did she need a signature, that was the only reason sad, drunken Kaczor could come up with. And the pain was starting to creep back in, the heart break, the dull stabbing pain that made her hug her injured hand gently to her chest.
@Novella Tilani
10-30-2024, 10:26 PM
