The drive back to the apartment was silent. Out of necessity for Jozef whose hands had to be on the wheel, but Shaun could have spoken. Instead, she gazed out the passenger side window without saying a single word to him.
Jozef was frustrated by the gulf separating them. The feelings were all still there, but the situation had changed. The power dynamic had shifted. Jozef could use physical force to keep her with him, but she didn't have to comply. She could resist his efforts to keep her in line and he wouldn't lift a finger against her.
She was wrong about one thing though. The misery wouldn't last. In time she would settle into the life he wanted for her. She'd started to come around a year ago. The last thing she'd told him before being taken to the hospital was that she loved him.
