CHAPTER 41

I stared at the spot near my window.

A small piece of cement was chipped off. How many small pieces had to be chipped off for the whole building to fall?

Dr. A locked me out of the lab. I almost had him at lunch but he smiled at me before closing the door and just as I reached, he locked it from inside. He had the guts to smile at me. I hoped he saw my sticking out the tongue through the mirror.

I had no other distraction today. Liz left me for her tutor after an intense cuddle session. Jason was busy with his own studies.

Robbie.

Robbie was here. In our hotel room. Waiting for me.

I was not going. He wanted me for one thing and I was not delivering myself for that.

I hugged my pillow.

‘The most precious gift my husband can ever give to me. His time.’

The words were haunting me. Why? I hated this. I suffocated myself in my pillow.