A terrible silence enveloped Janet. Neil had barely spoken to her since that night three days ago. She felt isolated and abandoned and began to entertain giving him back the ring. She shuffled into the den. Pulled out the album of photos she"d put together of them. It was supposed to be her gift to him on their wedding day. Shots of places they had gone. Things they had done. She looked at them. It seemed years had passed in a span of days.
She could hear Neil moving around in the upstairs room he"d converted into an office. The last two days, he had spent all evening up there after getting home from work. Said it was because he had a large proposal due. She didn"t believe him. He was avoiding her.
A knock on the front door brought her out of her dark musing. She got up and went to answe
