I went home completely shaken. I never should have gone to the hospital.

All the memories came rushing back. My dreams, my longing to become a mother, all those failed attempts with Carl. Then there was him asking for forgiveness, my sister pretending to suffer, and me, trapped in the middle of it all, no longer knowing where the lies ended and the truth began.

I took one of my sleeping pills. I didn't want to wait until bedtime.

Two doses later, the world disappeared.

"Isabelle. Isabell