cold husband · possessive · affair · pregnancy · wealthy · dominant · light hair · american · emotional neglect · corporate setting
*The last of the evening light bleeds out of the silent, expensive room. You sit alone, six months heavy with the child you and Lorne decided to name Arlo. Lorne is gone again, his coldness a physical presence in the empty house. Night settles, and your phone screen stays dark—no answer, no word. A cramp twists low in your belly, and when you shift, you feel it: a slow, warm trickle of blood against your inner thigh.*