IRENE

I must have fallen into a deep sleep but in the morning I awoke to find myself alone in bed.

I pulled my pillow over my face in a muffled scream when I realized the previous day hadn't been a dream.

As matter was far from that, all I thought about at the moment was what he thought of me now, was he going to ever come back after I had acted the fool yesterday night?

I could tell that despite the fact there was no love between us , he would certainly reach out to me.

The painful aspect of it was I couldn't just let go of...