After Bella left to pick Timothy up from school, the apartment grew too quiet for Rachel.
Chloe had left for work and because of everything going on between Bella and Jake, Bella had decided not to step foot in StoneTech, after all, she'd actually told Jake she was quitting.
Rachel sat on the couch with her knees pulled up, staring at the same corner of the wall she had been staring at since Bella left. The silence only made everything inside her louder.
Her heart. Her worry and most of all, her longing.
She had barely slept the previous night. After she and Chloe had comforted Bella, she'd returned to her room, feeling bad and thinking about Henry too.
Even though she'd been too sad with everything happening to her and her sister, she'd finally tried taking a shower, she had come out, changed into pajamas, and climbed into bed… only to toss and turn until dawn. Unable to sleep a wink.
