~EVA~Rain always sounded louder at night.Maybe because darkness made everything feel closer, or maybe because my brain still remembered too many ugly things from childhood and kept dragging them back whenever thunder cracked across the sky.Either way, the storm outside sounded violent enough to split the building in half, and I hated every second of it.I sat cross-legged on the bed with my phone in my hand while checking the time for what had to be the hundredth time.10:17 PM.Nicholas should’ve been home already.I chewed on my lower lip and glanced toward the window again when lightning flashed white across the curtains.A loud boom followed immediately.My entire body jerked.“Oh my God,” I whispered to myself while clutching the blanket tighter.This was ridiculous.I was a grown woman, a doctor, somebody who literally handled blood and life or death emergencies for a living, yet thunder still turned me into a terrified child hiding under blankets like the sky personally hate
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