“The One I Forgot”

Elvira

The night pressed stretched on, thick with shadows and the faint scent of rain that had fallen hours earlier. I couldn’t sleep. Not that sleep was really the issue,  it was my mind, my heart, the relentless pulling of memories and regrets that refused to let me rest. I turned over in my bed, trying to ease the ache in my chest, trying to convince myself that tomorrow would be enough. That maybe tomorrow I will be too ...