The Cherished Wife
It was not until she was sound asleep late at night that he gently let go, peeled back the covers, and crept downstairs.
Sean spent the whole night wide awake. Part of it was the constant threat of being spied on, but most of it was the annual bout of insomnia he always got around New Year’s. He had tried everything to fix it, but sleep was a rare guest, and a peaceful night was even rarer.
Every year, as New Year approached, closing his eyes only brought back a nightmare—a woman, drenched in blood, gripping his arm in the snowy night and gasping out the words with the last of her strength, "Sean, from now on, you and I are strangers."
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