Chapter 114

"We need to talk." Mary heard Nicholas' voice booming from outside the door, and she sighed. There was no avoiding this anymore. She needed to go out and face her battles.

"Alright, I will be down in five." She yelled at the door. She wore black jeans and a blouse, and as she walked to the mirror to brush her face, she did a double take on the person staring back at her.

Her eyes were red and bloodshot, and as if that weren't enough, she had eye bags on her face with dark and hollow depressions. She felt so unlike herself.

Mary reached for one of the tubes on the dresser, and she read the label. She had never been one to use makeup, but today called for it. She had stayed with Amy enough, and the girl loves her makeup, so she had picked up one or two things.

She squirted some of the product on the sponge and swiped it across her under eyes. The product was too much, so she tried to reduce it by dabbing it all over her face. But it was a disaster; whoever had shopped for the product ha