Numb

Chapter 65

Janet

As I drove home, the Linkin Park song numb kept playing over and over in my head. I was numb with shock.

Could I really be three times unlucky? Could three different men all lie and cheat on me? And I was supposed to believe that I wasn’t the problem.

I didn’t even know how I got home, I guess I was using my instincts, because I definitely wasn’t using my head.

I let myself into the house. Fran came into the hallway when she heard me come in.

“Miss Janet I am really disappointed in….what’s wrong?” She asked, alarmed by the look on my face.

I just stared at her, too numb to say a word.

“Please tell me, what is the matter? What happened?” She sounded scared. Looking at myself later in my vanity mirror I knew why, my face was paper white.

I pushed past her and ran upstairs to my room.

I was sitting on my bed, staring at myself in my vanity mirror, when Fran came in.

“Janet please what is wrong?” She asked.

“He lied to me.” My voice was distant.