Series 8 Live Journal idol. 30-No 2. A Cesspool of sorts.

[jacq22]

Running doesn't always solve the problem.
It was siesta time, the silence punctuated only by the flop, flop, of her sandals as she walked back from the beach. Green shutters swayed in the breeze, drifting like eye lids closing, she found she was holding her breath, the silence was so complete.
The doorway of her villa was in deep shadow, someone

Comments

[jem0000000]

I hope it works out for her.

And good luck with your surgery!

[n3m3sis42]

I can't decide whether I'm happy or sad about her decision.

[m_malcontent]

I am with n3m3sis42....but I am comforted by the fact that she still has the dresses in her closet should she need to escape again.

[alycewilson]

Wow. That would be the hardest part about leaving a family, is wondering what happened to the children.

[halfshellvenus]

not the same at all it's really knocked the stuffing out of him". Sophie paused trying to imagine James less stuffy, it was difficult.
Loved how "stuffing" is interpreted here, and it seems perfect.

A butterfly swept up by the wash of water floated in,
"Poor thing" she whispered "but at least you stretched you wings in the sun didn't you?"
And I love this allegory too, because she DID get out and live, and saw what it could be. And if life with James again doesn't turn out, at least she now knows she has the strength to leave again.