The Weight of Silence

Vivienne’s POV

It had been three days since the disaster that was dinner at my father in law’s home.

Three days since things imploded. Three days since I fought with the two Sokolov brothers.

Three days of silence that clung to the walls like smoke, thick and hard to breathe through. I had spent every night since then in my bed which was far too big for one person, and that shouldn’t have mattere