The Roots of Us by Candace Knoebel

Author:Candace Knoebel [Knoebel, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-15T16:00:00+00:00

SARAH AND MATT WERE FAST asleep. Sarah was a snorer. Wonderful.

My finger hesitated over Hudson’s number. I should call him. He’d want to know that I made it safe. And I wanted to hear his voice. It would be my first full night of sleep without him, and I wasn’t sure I could handle it. I used to be annoyed by the prickling stubble of his beard, but now I longed for it. For the sandpaper feel against my lips as I ran them over his.

I opened the Facebook app, and then pulled up his page. The profile picture was still the same. I clicked it, feeling my heart writhing against me. I missed him. It was undeniable, and I was growing weaker by the second.

I dialed his number and drew my thumb to my lips, chewing on the nonexistent nail.

“We’re sorry. The number you have reached is no longer in service.”

I hung up. Pushed the phone away from me as the room blurred. As my heart gasped, and then fell to its knees. Why would he disconnect his phone? It was the only form of communication he used.

Maybe he changed his mind. I couldn’t blame him.

I was the one who left.

And for the first time in fifteen years, I let myself cry over a man.

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