Lena
I sat quietly in my office, reviewing the documents Sylvia had brought in for my signature. The neat stacks of paper lay before me, but my attention slowly drifted away. For the past two weeks, life had been strangely calm without Raymond, no sudden appearances, no arguments, no emotional turbulence.
Though the calm came at a cost. I was still hurt that he had left without a word, without even a hint of goodbye. Yet, with each passing day, it hurt a little less. I was learning to live with his absence, learning to accept the silence that greeted me every time I returned home.
The lawyer Raymond had arranged for me proved to be exceptionally efficient. My father and Selena had been legally removed from my mother's house, and I immediately called in a renovation team to restore the property. Most days, I stayed there instead.
