The War Bride Club
“Tight, squeezing the breath from her windpipes, suffocating her. She woke with a start. She was hot and clammy, her hair trapped against her forehead. Only the noise of snoring made her realize she was safe. Or at least she was as safe as could be. For here. She lay her head back down on the pillow and listened to the now familiar rumble of her husband asleep. Sometimes she kicked him and then stayed deathly still, pretending to be asleep in case he caught her out, but it never he...lped. He would stop, fidget, then start the bear-like breathing all over again. Her only relief came in falling asleep first, but waking up like this from a nightmare left her awake for hours. And left her thinking. Her life here was nothing like she’d hoped. Not even a shell of the life she had imagined as they’d sailed across the ocean. Where was her husband? Where was the man, the soldier, who she’d fallen in love with? Where was the in-control, strong, devilishly handsome man who had looked so dapper in his uniform, so kind when he lay helpless on a hospital bed?MoreLess
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