***~~Delilah~~***It's my birthday today but my mind's askew.My phone dings. I reach for it.It's a text from Megan.I sigh.“He's not home yet, is he?”“Not yet,”“You should go to bed, Lilah. He's a grown ass man,”“I can't,”I put my phone down and stare at the cake on the table, it looks even as tired as I am.I keep checking my phone for Soren’s calls or texts.But nothing.I shut my eyes…he didn't forget, did he?I know the answer, but it hurts to admit it. He left home early this morning, ditching breakfast like he always does.And somehow I thought…maybe he has plans for us.A surprise maybe.But the joke's on me. It's 8PM, my husband isn't home, and he's not taking my calls either.I tell myself it's nothing, that he is safe, it could be a meeting that ran late, a deadline he had to meet.Soren isn't always like this, he wasn't the most affectionate man but he was kind, he didn't make me wait.At least for a year and half after we got married.It's been three years and I c
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