Paris Woven With Dreams

the Marais apartment's windows, but

s she poured tea, the shards of the broken glas

ftly against the cup, a fragi

ering a silent promise to her

's wild eyes, his roar, the gl

k of irritation. "You didn't clean this up?" he

u do all da

ping back. Her voice was small, her bod

od at" he said, his voice low but venomous. He stepped closer, looming over her. "I'm under e

h instinctively. "Please, Olivier, let's not fight,"

ared. "You think I need your reminders? You're the one who's a m

slamming into the counter before

sharp and searing, radi

, terror flooding her as she felt

breaking, but he was already storming

e, curled on the cold floor, her b

crept at the edges of her vision as she

p of a monitor a hollow rhythm. A doctor's voice echoed in h

rashed over her, a huge wa

oaking the pillow, her bangl

asmine's laughter, wishing her fam

are, and her fairy

med," she said softly. "He hasn't come." Ariane's chest tightened,

e, it was a prison, and

t stay, not

tiny clothes she'd never fold, her dreams of m

of thoughts, each one clawing for dominance. Grief and anger wrestled w

rrupted only by the beeping of machines and th

s Ariane, she's in the hospital," she said, her voice breaking. "She was pregnant and h

"My daughter," she whispered, her voice thick with pain. She s

getting her a place of her own; my chil

her, I feel helpless, li

hing she needs, every

r eyes. "Yes, Maman. She ne

n Yasmine's shoulde

g her home

ne stared at the ceiling,

r window felt like a cruel mo

cing its patterns, whisperin

e gone, and her marriage

en. Ariane hesitated, her hand shaking as she answered. "Yasmine... oh, Ma

s voice cracked, tears evid

g you an apartment of your

tever steps you want to ta

ame through,

trong and always kn

n when you're out of the hospital, we

y Ariane, w

, her voice trembling a

er like a warm embrace, a stark co

what would leaving Olivier mean? Could she re

partment, my fashion career, a chance to escape

om, Olivier's absence a gaping wound, she