SHATTERED MY HEART

His shirt was drenched as he made his way to the house. There was silence and he hoped that maybe she had locked herself somewhere.

He opened the door and stepped inside the house and he could not even hear a squeak.

After looking around the whole house she was nowhere to be found.

What had he done?

He feared for her life by not knowing where she was. He could feel bile rising in his throat and all he felt like doing was punching something.

The silk nightgown she was wearing the previous day was on the floor of her room and he picked it up as he sniffed it.

There was a rush of emotions in him that he didn't know the meaning of. He wasn't happy and neither was he sad.

He was angry, angry at himself for marrying her.

He should have just left her alone at the hospital because he had no business destroying her life the way that he had.

All he could think about were the numerous amount of times she had begged him to even spend a night at home.

The way his eyes looked sad whenever she talke