Heartbreak and a Hollowed Home

ve stance. She didn't care about the consequences. All

y way, Mark!"

"I said, that's enough!" He sho

hite-hot pain shot through her abdomen. She gasped, doubling over as she crumpled to the floor. She felt

stain spreading on the front of

with disgust, not a hint of concern in his eyes. "Look at you,

th feigned fear. "Oh, Mark, she's crazy! You were ri

roken, hollow sound. "Two years, Mark," she said, her voice raspy. "For two years, I supported

p," he

ring weakly towards Jessica. "All fo

d and his foot connected with her ribs.

call the police. Tell them she's unstable. We s

the arm, his fingers digging into her skin, and start

Sarah cried out, tryin

shelf by the door. The cardboard box-the one holding Liam's ashes-teetered o

puffed into the air, then settl

"Great," he snarled, his voice thick with frustration. "Now you're break

rained out of her. She stared at the scattered ashes of her son, a s

physical pain in her body faded to a dull thro

acant. "It's okay," she whispered

oming,

and anger. "What did you just say?" The words didn