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What did she mean by that?

Did she mean it literally?

Silence, there was silence between us and I was just utterly and indescribably confused. She didn’t answer while her eyes were looking all over the entire house. Her eyes looked like she was searching for something inside the house and at the same time, she looked like she was in distraught. She looked so lost, sad, and completely puzzled by her own thoughts inside her head.

“Are you alright baby?” I holler.

She nods and looks back at me, “Yes. Just…. Just a little… awake.”

I tried to ignore what I heard from her about hearing them in her head and just walked towards her, “I thought you fell asleep?”

She shakes her head, “I can’t.”

“Did you even try?”

She nods. “Yes. These days it’s just hard for me to sleep.”

“Should we visit the doctor?”

“No.” Her voice was firm. “No need for that.”

I take her hand to mine, “Hey, let’s go back to sleep. Shall we?”

She nods and smiles before we walked up to the bedroom.

I still hear the