Chapter 14

• Sasha walked into the bathroom fifteen minutes after Michael left the house. She stepped into the tub; the hot water soothed her aching bones. She shut her eyes and held her breath before going under the water. She raised her head when she was out of breath. She opened her eyes and filled her lungs with air. Should she call his mother? But won’t it be bad for her to call her mother in-law to complain about her son three days after their wedding? But what about her own parents, should she call them?
• She heard her ringtone blaring in the room and wondered how it got there; she could remember she wasn’t with it in the car when she woke up, including her purse. She stepped out of the tub and wrapped herself with a towel, and wrapped her hair with another. She stepped out of the bathroom and saw her phone on her dressing table together with her purse. She shook her head unbelievably, he brought her phone and purse upstairs, but he actually let her sleep outside; just what kind of man is this? Her phone started ringing again, and she picked it up, it was her Mom calling.
• “Hi Mom.”