Georgia walked away from the window and dropped down on the couch with a tired sigh. Her energy was gone. Everything from that morning had drained her, the phone call, the police, the shouting, everything.
May walked over and handed her a small bottle of water. “Here. Drink something before your head explodes.”
Georgia took it. “Thanks.”
May sat beside her. “You okay now?”
Georgia took a sip and leaned her head back. “I’m tired, May. I feel like I’ve been fighting everyone since the day I said ‘I do.’ And even now that the marriage is over, they still won’t let me breathe.”
May didn’t say anything at first. She just nodded and looked at her friend with soft eyes.
“I don’t want to do anything today,” Georgia said after a while. “I need to rest. But tomorrow… I’ll go see my dad and my
