-- Grizelda --

I stared blankly out of my bedroom window, arms folded across my chest. I watched the gray clouds become darker by the second as it prepared to rain. It had been three months since Alexander was away.

Leo’s laughter echoed faintly from the backyard. He was chasing something. Probably the stray dog he’d adopted without asking me. But I didn't mind. As long as it helped distract his mind from his father. He had been going on strolls a lot lately, while being accompanied of course. But not by me. I had work most of the time, but once in a while, I made sure to be...