ALLISON
It's been days and Matthew seems to not want to reply to any of my calls. I felt he was intentionally ignoring me and each time I thought about it, a piercing pain goes through my heart, a pain that was beyond imagination. I didn't want him to be angry or hurt but it seemed like that was exactly what I did. My reaction had pushed him away and I still lived with the regret.
I stared at the groceries in my hands and sniffed hard just to ward off the tears that flooded my eyes before I looked ahead and started taking steady strides to my door.
I walked over to the door and fought with my keys to get the door open so I could lock myself in as I have done once before. If I had not run out of food, I knew too well that I wouldn't have gone out of the house. I felt miserable and in suc
