Lucas
Silence greeted me as I walked past the foyer, a gripping cold silence that wrenched my heart. I knew she was not here yet I spent the next few minutes leaving no stone unturned to confirm the fact.
I had seen it in her eyes when she said she wanted to come home by herself and in that 10 minutes, I had been apart from her, she had slipped through my fingers.
I had never seen my home so cold and empty and quiet. Even when the kids were not there was still some warmth. But tonight it was as lifeless as I felt inside.
My eyes locked on the spot where she was standing the night she had told me she loved me too. The air still lingered of her scent. Vanilla and rose. I wanted to feel her warmth, wanted to pull her close to me, so much I wanted to say, needed to tell her.
But she wa
