The slow drip of the tap, 

the quiet tick of the clock,

each little sound reminding her 

of her aloneness.

Of what she has lost.

What she gave up.

On his wanderings he could not help his mind dissecting everything they had been.

He should have known.

There were times he wondered who she dressed for?

She would take such care to make herself beautiful, 

yet she never cared what he thought.