Daniel didn’t apologize right away. He didn’t seem to care. Instead, he simply turned his back to me and walked away, leaving me standing there, numb and broken.
I didn’t scream, and I didn’t argue. I just walked upstairs, closed the door, and laid down in our bed, still fully dressed, staring at the ceiling.
Chapter 3: The Silence
It wasn’t the first time. And I knew it wouldn’t be the last. That’s what scared me the most.
But that night, something shifted