Chapter 53

I stared at the ground floor apartment hesitantly, willing myself to just leave the car and cross the street in order to knock on the door. I had been sat outside for the past twenty minutes, not being able to work up the motion of actually opening the car door and confronting her. Why was I so nervous? I'd literally been through so much worse, why was this being such a problem? Another rumble of thunder echoed in the distance, the sky turning grey in a typical New York fashion. The clouds were gathering quick and beginning to spit rain, passersby either hasting their pace or opening their umbrellas ready. I sighed and continued to watch the house, paying particular attention to the kitchen window that looked out onto the street. Maybe she's not home... As if the universe could hear my thoughts, only a minute later I saw the light switch on in the kitchen, the action letting me know she was in fact in. Shit. My lawyers had told me tha