Returning to the cottage following an hour of drowning in a mix of her tears and confusion, Lilianna wished to erase this night completely. Without the ability to do so without an advance in science, she had to suffice for a shower, that she hoped would eradicate his fingerprints from her physique. But even as she prepared herself to enter beneath the water, she was met with a dual set of emotions that seemed to be at war within her. The first had been anger as she could not understand why he would leave her so cruelly. But the second had been want; the want that still lingered despite the pain he caused her. Somewhere deep within her heart, she imagined him walking through the door to offer an explanation; one that would allow her to shed her animosity and wrap him into a deep embrace. Bu
