It Ends Here by Willow Rose

Author:Willow Rose [Rose, Willow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Buoy Media
Published: 2019-02-28T16:00:00+00:00

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I couldn't sleep. It would be an understatement to say that a thousand thoughts rushed through my mind. I couldn't find rest at all and kept pacing around in my room, asking myself what to do next. Should I go back home? It would be the sensible thing to do, to just let it go. But how could I leave with everything that I knew?

I had a terrible headache on top of it all and realized there was no way I could fall asleep with this pounding feeling behind my eyes. I had to find some ibuprofen somewhere.

I got dressed and then walked down to the lobby where Adeline's daughter, Regina, sat in the back, reading a book. She often took the nightshift for her older mother.

"Excuse me?" I asked. "Hello?"

Regina stuck her head out of the back room. "Yes? Hi there. Can I help you?"

"Do you have any ibuprofen or Advil lying around? I have a terrible headache."

Regina smiled. "Sure. We always keep some for guests. Let me just find it for you."

She got up, and I could hear her rummaging around in the back before she returned.

"I'm sorry. We usually always have some, but I’m afraid that we seem to have run out."

"Just my luck," I said with a scoff. "How far is the nearest 24-hour pharmacy?"

Her face looked torn. "That'll be about a fifteen-minute drive from here, in Bushnell."

I looked at the clock. It was almost midnight. I sighed, thinking that if I hurried, I could still make it back here by one and get a few hours of good sleep. I didn't have to get up early anyway.

"I'm sorry," Regina added. "Like I said, we usually have some in the back."

I smiled. It wasn't her fault. "Just not today. Don't worry about it. I'll do the drive. I have to have something for this terrible headache if I plan on sleeping at all tonight."

I thanked Regina for trying, then walked back to my room and grabbed the car keys and my phone. I drove off into the clear night, thinking this little drive might end up doing me good. I would most definitely be exhausted once I got back.

I turned up the radio and sang along to Adele while driving out of town, pleased to see that there wasn't a car on the road ahead. It was just me and Adele rushing through the darkness, singing about our broken hearts, reminding me how Sune and I almost had it all and how much I missed being a family.

After singing along for a little while, I changed the station. Not because I didn't love Adele but because the song reminded me of how terrible my life was right now, and it overwhelmed me. It stirred me up a little more than I cared for. Next, Carrie Underwood blasted out of my speakers, singing about how her man was putting his moves on some Shania wannabe with no taste for whiskey. I sang along while thinking about how I had felt at first when I had found Sune with that woman.

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