I didn't sleep all night, not because I couldn't, but because I chose not to. I sat on the chair by the window, watching the sky slowly change from pitch black to gray, then orange, then pale blue. The phone in my hand had been dead since last night. I didn't want to look at that photo again.At eight in the morning, I went downstairs.The servants had already started their activities. They looked down as they passed me, but I knew. I knew they were still talking about me behind my back. Let them. I didn't care anymore.I went to the kitchen and made a simple breakfast. Toast, eggs, a glass of milk. I ate alone at the large table I had decorated last night for a romantic dinner.Now the table was empty. I had thrown away the candles.After eating, I went back upstairs, showered, and put on a simple house dress, the kind I usually wore every day. I didn't even bother putting on makeup. What for? No one would see it, or so I thought.Around 10 in the morning, I heard a car in the drivew
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