Connection
Chapter 42
Brooke found herself unable to sleep. She laid there thinking about the fact that the man she was building a life with had no problem going to the woman he knew wouldn't let him go and had grown to hate her.
Yet he snuck out and confronted her. He listened to things she said and she was sure he responded.
She couldn't do this anymore. She had no strength or emotional compacity to put up with any of it.
...
When Lucas awoke at some point in the morning. He wanted to talk to Brooke more. But instead of finding Brooke he found her side of the bed empty. Her engagement ring on the end table.
He checked her closet. Clothes were missing. Her suitcase wasn't there.
Lucas left the bedroom. And checked Serenity's room.
She wasn't there.
Brooke had left him. And he didn't blame her.
She had reached her breaking point and needed time away from him.
...
