THE CONTRACTED HEART

inside the house- cold, eerie and suffocating. This feeling always made it hard to escape the feeling

meetings, dinner's with clients, or locked away in his study room. The few times that I do see him, it's as if he's wearing an invisible shie

k seemed invisible to me. My mind was distracted. The pressure

y life forever? The though

ver just as Alex stepped inside the house, his black coat dripping with rainwater. Every par

ing other than his usual cold and indifference. But It just flashed by quick before di

id softly, breaking t

to the house keeper without saying a single word. His movements were calcul

I have a meeting in the next one

in of his casual and dism

to sit with me and have dinner together, to talk

He doesn't do anything that involves op

k away, I find my self

ing me with his back. "

I have crossed boundaries. But something in me keeps pushing me forwa

rking?" I asked, with the most softest voice I

see a faint look of suprise in his

e and also trying to keep my voice steady. "I just...... I

nt, which made the room colder than before. "

sharp blade. It was then I realised that I w

shaky voice, I lowered m

ned around and disappears into the h

ily anymore. My mind was racing with thoughts of what this marriage is supposed to be, what it has become. I kept telling m

ised. Alex never comes into my bedroom especially this late. He usually avoids thi

of emotion and also unreadable. He didn't say anything at first

with a soft and

n his eyes finally lands on me, there's a darkness in those eyes that I haven't seen before. It's w

ays, his voice low. "There's a

k by the suddenness "w

He replies shortl

n. But as he turns to leave, I feel the words bu

out, my voice s

door, but he did

ways going to be?" Asked quietly. "

silence envelopes both of us, very thick and suffocating. Fi

ice softer than i expected. "I do

e walks away, leavin

his words echoing in my mind. He doesn't know

as if there is a crack around the cold unemotional and impenetrable wall he built around himself. For the

small flicker of hop