Chapter 41: Lonely without you

Ragnor came into the house after half an hour and covered her with a blanket and went away again.

Clara woke up and was surprised to see she was covered with a blanket. She tried to recall at what time she had gone to pick up a blanket. Her body ached badly from squeezing herself onto the small sofa. She had slept on the sofa as she could not sleep in the big bed without Ragnor.

With her aching body, she headed for the kitchen. The usual aroma of food she smelled in the morning was not there. The kitchen was empty. Her gaze moved to the stove and she imagined Ragnor standing there making her breakfast.

She opened the cabinet and made herself some tea with toasted bread, that was what she was good at preparing. She sat behind the dining table alone, eating in silence.

The whole house felt suddenly too big. It was empty and extremely quiet. The food in her mouth didn't have the taste she loved so much. She was not sure how he did it, but this was not how she liked it. He was not ther