Jolting upright, I glanced around. My heart beat out of my chest and my face was slick with tears. “It was just a dream…” I muttered, wiping the wetness from my cheeks and trying to calm my racing mind.
It had been so long since that dream plagued me. So long since I had to relieve the night Deidra was taken from me.
The morning sun rose over the treeline, filtering through the window with dust particles dancing within the rays. I wasn’t sure how long I had slept but it didn’t feel long enough. Wiping my face again, I took a deep breath, raising my eyes to the ceiling as I tried to collect myself.
It was hard to escape my past, but I could try to make the best of a bad situation. Even if it came with the pain of my past.
It didn’t matter what I did in life. I was going to have to come
