Eleanor never expected to be stuck in the hospital five days.
The police came through during that stretch, took statements, ran their investigation. Since the detention center only held minors and Eleanor's injuries hadn't reached the threshold for anything serious, Marcus and his crew got an extended stay in juvenile lockup and nothing more.
Julian never showed up during any of it.
Eleanor expected as much, he hadn't shown up after the miscarriage either.
Not only did he skip visiting her, he'd taken Cassandra on a deep-sea fishing trip.
Eleanor blew across the surface of her water cup, took a sip, and found it bitter for no real reason.
David dropped by as usual, bearing Julian's standard offering of sympathy.
A bouquet of pink roses.
She'd received the exact same gift after the
