I never really expected Daniel to leave.
I had seen the ticket, and Daniel had spoken to me about what I could expect when I got there.
I knew I was going to have to learn English, and that he had somehow managed to arrange for me to transfer to a university there.
I knew that he loved me at the time, but I didn’t truly understand why.
Daniel showed me a world that I never would have known about otherwise, but he didn’t drag me too far in - all I knew for sure was that his world was brutal.
When I woke up without him, I felt betrayed.
I knew he was gone - really gone - and that he had left me alone with our daughter for good.
I didn’t want to leave, but I was terrified that someone would come here to find me if I stayed and if I didn’t catch the flight he had arranged, my only opti
