242-Growing Distant

Carena:

“Is there anything else you want to discuss? Because, like I said, I’m sleepy,” he turned his face away and grunted.

“You’ll understand soon enough that what I did came from a place of pure--emptiness,” I finished, but he had already ended the conversation. He grabbed the pillow from the bed and walked over to the couch, lying down even though he had previously disliked sleeping on the couch.

I kept staring at his face before I jumped onto the bed and lay down on the mattress, sniffling into the pillow. I cried, peeking at the pillow cover, and then, after a few minutes, just as I was about to fall asleep, I felt Sawyer pull the blanket over me. I quickly shut my eyes to keep him from knowing I was still awake. The moment I smelled his cologne so close, I realized he was standing right in front of me.

He stayed there, and then his soft lips touched my forehead. I had to clench my eyes tightly shut. I didn’t understand why he would show so much indifference when I was awake co