Silence Between Us
"I love you." "Yup," he replies as he shuts the door behind him and stomps out into the rain to head to work. Katherine whispers a little prayer for him as she turns her eyes from the window where his taillights are already fading into the distant darkness. She can feel her heart harden and says the prayer more to keep it soft than for her moody and distant husband. Is his heart already hardened? Is she over-thinking his lack of love and affection towards her? Katherine returns to the dining room table and sips her bitter coffee. It feels hot and strange in her stomach as the acid wells up into her throat. The stress has given her chronic reflux, but giving up coffee feels like having yet another thing taken away from her. She ponders the great void she feels within her, empty and hollow. She feels weak and depressed because there is nothing there to feed her....and it takes so little to feed her. A simple, "I love you," in ret...