No More?

Elena sat on the edge of the bed in the room Dom had led her to before he left, her fingers intertwined tightly in her lap.

The silence of the room was deafening, broken only by the occasional distant hum of traffic below. She stared at her hands, noting the slight tremble that betrayed her inner turmoil.

Her phone buzzed softly beside her. A message from her mother lit up the screen: “Just check