A Way Out

DAPHNE

The morning light filtered through the blinds, but it did little to chase away the emptiness I felt. The house was too quiet, too cold without Dominic. I had slept fitfully, waking several times during the night to the oppressive silence. Now, as I stood in the kitchen staring at the coffee I’d brewed but hadn’t touched, the reality of my situation weighed heavily on me.

This house, this li