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Elaine sought to find some comfort in the solitude. The last few years hadn’t been kind to her.
An extreme sadness cloaked her, recognisable only to people who’d been through a prolonged period of pain. Behind her melancholic eyes lay something else. An unwelcome desolation that had stalked her from as far back as she could remember, haunting her dreams and sometimes dominating her every waking hour, a determined and unforgiving destroyer of anything positive.
Each time Elaine thought she’d defeated her depression, surreptitiously it returned, stronger and more indomitable than ever.
Life had indeed been tough these last few years. Now it was time to rebuild herself and become a stronger person.
‘Are you also going to tell her you fucked me at your house while she was passed out on happy pills upstairs? Oh, and let’s not forget to add that your children were in their rooms asleep. I don’t think so.’
Insomnia – another of her problems; tossing and turning, her head a merry-go-round of the tragedy that haunted her and the things she needed to do.
His confidence drew her to him early on, but over the years, she’d watched it turn to arrogance.
Aint that the truth
‘Daddy?’ Robert hesitated, wondering what might come out of her mouth next. ‘Yes?’ ‘What is a slut?’ ‘Right, come on, we’d better get back.’
Reading was one of the few things that helped her to relax and kept unwanted thoughts at bay.
Same
It wasn’t easy to help those who knew they needed help but their subconscious wouldn’t allow them to accept it.
She’d imagined her children lived with her and worse still, her deceased mother.
It had been a terrifying, traumatic, and tragic day. Sadly, it wasn’t the only one she’d experienced in her life, and in all likelihood, wouldn’t be the last.
All she wanted right now was to sleep and return to some kind of normality.
