MILDRED

THE GREAT FALL

The little slip from the balcony plagued my mind and fed my dreams with what would have happened if Enid had not intercepted the fall, turning my dreams into a nightmare.

I would come abruptly awake the minutes the body would have connected to the hard floor. Enid had taken the fall instead.

He had looked beyond mad to have me behaving recklessly. Maybe he would have hit me had Chase not been around. I sat by the window and stared at my bruised ankle. It had been about a week now. I was able to manage a walk with it, it healed faster with the...