His Betrayal, My New Beginning

propped against the bed, my ankle swollen to twice its

even bothering with the window. "I need to bo

dead when

What ha

is face. He rushed over, kneeling beside me

I said, my

get you to the hospital." He star

n. That same special rin

from me on the floor to the phone buzzing in his

ut. "Sarah? What' s

ed with me unless he wanted something. I listened as he soothed her

ed at me, a flash o

g away. "Sarah, she... she cut her hand. It' s bleedin

d ran, leaving me on the floor for the second time

al blow. There was nothing left to s

gritted against the pain. I managed to call a ride-share service. The driver, a kind-faced man in his f

g lady," he said, his voice full of a simpl

lls. They took x-rays, confirming a clean break. A nur

not unkind. "You' ll need to be in a cast for at least six

id. "There'

in the air,

rea, holding a prescription fo

he admissions desk, his ba

Did he come back for me? Di

foolish hope died. He

d, and he looked like a deer in the headlight

rely a whisper. "What are you..

be?" I asked, my voi

one foot to the other. "I' m sorry. I was going to come ba

s br

epeated, the words soun

stretch. I refused to make this easy for h

n was pulled back i

Is tha

, a small white bandage on her index

lchair with my leg in a cast. Then she loo

er voice high and dem