EMPTINESS. SADNESS. DISTRESS. These three emotions battled for the first position within me since Trevor left for the hospital last night. He said he would come back soon. I stayed up all night waiting for his return, even though I knew he wouldn’t have allowed that if he were here. The feeling of emptiness followed soon as I twist and turn on the bed, eyes wide open, trained on the door as I anxiously wait for him to push the door open and come in. These past weeks of being around him and the way he treats me have got me so attached to him and I couldn’t bring myself to sleep without his warmth next to me. As hard as I tried, it was impossible to shake away the feeling of emptiness that doused my spirit through the night in his absence, but as time passed and there was no sign of

