A SHORT STORY FOR BEDTIME “Leave me alone! Stop this please! What do you want of me? Why are you doing this?” She sat up abruptly, no longer finding solace in sleep that would take her from this world of tortured thoughts. Peter looked at her, his sleep also being broken by Elizabeth’s outbursts that were becoming more regular and unbearable for both of them. “Bear with it darling”, he said as he took her hand, gazing at the tears as they coalesced with beads of perspiration, cascading down the shallow facial contours to the tip of her chin. Only  [ Read More ]