Chapter 5

Time passes

It had been years since Vanessa disappeared. Claire became a shadow. She slept in Vanessa's room every night, she sobbed until she couldn't breathe, but worst of all, Richard contemplated leaving her. "it was my child too!" He shouted one night. "I'm so fed up with this! She's dead! She's never coming back! I've tried everything to get you to move on with your life. I still have a job! I have to cook dinner every night because your too engrossed in your sobbing to do anything else! Do you really think She would have wanted us to live like this! If there's one thing I know, it's that you should find some way to get back to normal, or I'm leaving. For God's sake, pull yourself together!"" And with that, he stormed out of the room, leaving Claire to weep in Vanessa's bed. She'd been there for weeks. She hadn't showered, or slept, and she ate and drank very little. She was like a shell of her old self. She couldn't bring herself to even think about what she would do if Richard left her. She wasn't strong enough to live without Richard, not when her life was steeped in loneliness and sorrow. If there was anything else God had to take, it wouldn't be Richard.   

Author's Note

Claire's really cracking up.