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lose you too Katie.”
    Kat e didn’t reply. She just didn’t know what to say. She wanted to tell him she was still Katie and that she loved him so much, her heart ached, but the words just wouldn’t come. His fingers stroked the back of her hand. Then he reached up and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear and let his finger softly stroke her cheek.
    “Talk to me Katie ,” he whispered softly. “It’s been ten months. You can’t keep this all bottled up inside you.” He waited for a response, but none came. “Please.”
    Kate abruptly pulled away from him and climbed up off the bed. She grabbed her blouse from the floor and held it in front of her, covering herself. She couldn’t meet his eyes.
    “I can’t ,” she finally said in a tiny voice. Fresh tears pooled in her eyes. She blinked quickly to try and stop them, but they broke free and trickled down her face.
    “FINE !” he shouted, as he jumped up from the bed, grabbed his shirt from the floor and stormed out of the room. Kate stood, motionless in the middle of their room and listened, as he hurried down the hallway of the apartment. She heard the hall door open and then it slammed shut. And just like that, he was gone.
    Kate walked to the bed and flopped down onto it, buried her face in her hands and begin to sob. She lay back on the bed, rolling onto her side and curled her legs up into a ball. She sobbed bitter tears into her pillow, letting go of all the grief she had been fighting to try and control all day. Eventually, when there were no more tears, she drifted into the blackness and gave herself up to a restless sleep.

Chapter 5
     
    Kate woke with a start. She felt confused in the darkness of her room, unsure of what had woken her. She sat up in the bed and listened for a moment.
    The n a crash came from the hallway and Kate knew this was what had woken her up. She sat there in her bed and listened carefully, as her heart raced rapidly in her chest.
    “Son of a bitch.”
    Kate sighed a breath of relief when she recognised Callum’s voice. She could hear him mumble to himself and began to feel nervous when she realised that he appeared to be very drunk. She heard another thud followed by an angry ‘FUCK!’
    Kate climbed up off the bed and hesitantly made her way towards the bedroom door. Before she reached it, the door burst open and Callum stumbled into the room.
    “There’s my little kitty Kat,” he slurred , as he tried hard to focus on Kate while he swayed from side to side.
    “Callum,” Kate said stopping dead in her tracks. “You’re drunk.”
    “Ding, ding, ding,” he laughed, but it was more a sarcastic laugh than an amused one. “Give that woman a prize.”
    Kate could feel the panic rise inside her. She had never seen this side of Callum before. Sure , she had seen him drunk, but he was always charming and friendly when he was drunk. There was nothing friendly about the man that was now standing in front of her.
    “I will go make you some coffee,” Kate said, as she stepped around him and headed towards the door. As she passed him, he grabbed her arm and pulled her to him. She yelped , as a pain shot up through her arm.
    “Katie,” he said , his face barely inches from hers. “Katie, I need you.”
    “Callum, let me go,” she pleaded and she struggled to break free from his hold. “You are hurting me.”
    “Katie, I can’t do this anymore,” he continued, still holding her tightly. He didn’t seem to hear what she had said. “I need to feel like you still want me, like you still need me. I need to feel.”
    “Callum, please,” Kate begged , as she began to cry.
    “Oh Katie,” he said, as he realised what he was doing. “Katie, I am so sorry.”
    She pulled back from him and clutched her wrist with her other hand. She took another step back from him before she allowed her eyes to meet his.
    “I’ m sorry,” he repeated. “Katie, I did something terrible.”
    Kate’s heart was now hammering so