Chapter 36 : When it all Falls Apart

Lena's POV

I stood nervously behind the curtain, waiting for my queue to go on stage.

There was another scheduled publicity event with my father that Cal and I were supposed to attend together. Here I was waiting though, with no sign of Cal.

I looked around again, hoping that somehow, I would finally find Cal standing in the room with me. That wasn't the case, of course.

My stomach tightened with the nerves. I hadn't talked to Cal since I called him on the phone and he said he needed space and hung up on me. After the call, I had cried and cried, but after I settled down, I had decided to give him what he wanted.

What else could I do?

I had been surprised when he hadn't come home last night, and I was starting to worry. Cal preached about making this marriage last though and never leaving me, so what had I done to make him not feel that way anymore?

Because I was pretty sure he didn't.

Why else would he walk out and leave me all by myself? My anxiety was climbin