FIORELLA BIANCHI I look at the time and I realised it had passed 11 PM with me catching up on Stranger Things season four on Netflix, and Benjamin is not yet home. This is what makes me sick because he does not call to check on me and tell me that he is okay, or what time he will be back home. I take my phone from the coffee table, dial his number, and call him. His phone rings and goes unanswered. Sigh. I turn the tv off and make my way upstairs, but just then, the door opens, forcing me to turn back down to go and check on the door. “Benjamin,” I call him. He walks in, looking exhausted. He wraps his arm around my shoulder and kisses me on my head. I can smell the whiskey lingering out of his mouth. So, he does not actually look exhausted, but he is tipsy. “You have been d