"The thing is Bella, we've both known for a while now that it's over."
I can hear what he's saying, but mostly all I can hear is my own heartbeat in my ears.
"We both know that this is for the best."
I feel sick, I'm actually going to be sick.
"I've put down a deposit on an apartment the other side of town, close to Billy's school."
Fuck, he's leaving me.
I can't move. My hands are frozen in my lap and I can't get my eyes to look up at him. I hear him get up and put on his coat, I still can't look at him.
"I'm going to give you a few days to think things through and then I'll be in contact. I'm relieved that we're on the same page about this."
I feel my head nodding in agreement, what the fuck. I'm trying to figure out why I'm not hitting him with the doorstop from the back door.
The front door closes and all that's left is silence.
Jacobs just left me, Jacobs gone.