Chapter 35 At The Club

• Bethany’s birthday weekend had started off disappointingly. The grey sky and muted ambiance of the day seemed to echo her own sense of loneliness. She had hoped for a text or a call from Greg, but as the hours dragged on, it became clear that he wasn’t going to acknowledge her special day.
• Bethany’s phone buzzed with hopeful anticipation. She had been checking it obsessively all day, each time feeling a jolt of excitement only to be met with the same empty screen.
• The silence from Greg was deafening. Today was her birthday, a day she had hoped would be different, but the lack of any acknowledgment from him was a heavy, crushing disappointment.