Chapter 36. Drained

SARAH

It’s been four days since Nate left, and the snow-scented candles I ordered arrived today. Yeah, it shows precisely my current mental state. Let’s hope I’ll have a good night’s sleep for the first time since he left.

We’ve been texting, and he called every evening. He has been sweet, but I can’t allow myself to imagine too much into it. I’m stronger than that. He is gone, and I need to move on with my life just as I always do. I immerse myself in the things I love. Work, training, friends. Work, training, friends.

Abby’s bedtime story has three more pages, but she is fast asleep, so I tuck her duvet and join Len in their kitchen. I spent every free minute with them since Nate left. Less time to think about my heartbreak, right?

She looks like she wants to talk as she holds a cup of tea for me. I wonder what it is about, but she asks about Nate, and I collapse into a chair. The truth is I’ve been holding back my tears for days, so she only needs to say h