A Slap To Remember

Daniel disappeared after that incident.

Giselle and Steve drove her to the mansion. Ashley didn't tell them about the incident. She didn't want to hurt Giselle nor did she have the energy to keep up a long conversation with anyone. She was still stuck at that moment. The moment when he told her that he broke her again. The moment he bared all his pain to her.

She was numb from the inside and lost on the outside. She broke the man who gave her a second chance in life. Helped her create a new life for her. She broke her creator. But it wasn't only guilt that was gnawing at her insides. She was guilty, no doubt, but along with that, she was scared too.

His last words had thrown her in a whirlwind of doubts. Has he gotten fed up with her? Is he going to give up on her now? Is he going to walk away?

That night she cried herself to sleep. She didn't wait for him as she knew he wouldn't come. He had stopped coming home, coming to her a long time ago.

After all, she