Ch-66 : New Cottage

Finally, the day with all its heaviness left with the night, and a new day arrived with the change of date on the calendar and with the brightness of morning…

As the early morning light filtered through the balcony, Jack paced back and forth, his mind consumed by a whirlwind of disturbing revelations from the night before.

He could not shake the feeling of unease that had settled over him, a result of his own actions blurring the boundary between himself and Amy.

He scolded himself for his lack of mindfulness, for allowing his emotions to cloud his judgment and compromise his years of cultivated discipline and self- control…

What was the point of all his efforts if he couldn't even maintain composure in moments of crisis?

How could he fight with someone who had saved his daughter, as well as his mother– that too, from his wife, who was ready to do anything to harm him and get any benefit from him!

He knew that he had somehow blurted out the frustration of Rebecca on Amy or worse,