FORTY
Tara Coleman
It had been one week of stress and torment as the police had come up with nothing not even circumstantial evidence, the CCTVS were off when the robbery took place and now one knew what happened that fateful night. I didn’t even want to go back to my house as it gave me memories that I didn’t want torment my mind into thinking about. I quickly rented a fully furnished apartment that was close to me and my son’s school. I was cautious enough not to let a lot of people know where I was staying apart from Alex who stood by my side the whole time. He would pick me up and my son, drop my son off at school then we would drive together to work and he would drive us home later in the day. I felt closer and connected to him during that one week. Even though I spoke to Mark once
