159. The Distance Between Then and Now

Nova

I didn’t sleep. Not even for a second. Not with all the thoughts that were swirling inside my head and the regret I felt.

The file lay open on my desk long after Oti had left, long after I had returned home and long after I had put the children to bed.

Its pages scattered there like evidence from a crime scene where the victim had been my own heart and now, I didn't even know who to blame more. Me for leaving without waiting for Roman to explain, ...