It was 4 in the morning, and Serena was sitting on her balcony with her back pressed against the wall. A faraway look in her eyes as she gazed off into the inked sky. The ache in her heart had eased for a moment when he was inside her but it had returned with full force, worse than the last time. She felt emptier, lonelier. Seven years for nothing? Their marriage of three years meant nothing? Only yesterday, her hands were full but now they were empty. Everything that mattered to her was slipping out of her fist like sand, the more she tightened her fist, the faster she was losing. She felt duped like a farmer who had worked hard for a year, only to find out that his soil was barren. No matter how much he tilled the soil or planted new seeds, nothing would grow. She was sitting here for the last three hours, thinking and lamenting over her fate. When she had prayed to God for him, she didn't mean it this way. Suddenly, she found herself engulfed in the warmth."Why are you sitting ou
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