Too Splendid

Anonymum, over at the Nook has a wonderful idea to do a “rolling post”. Here’s the list of people who are participating. These are in no particular order, merely that in which they responded:

1- The Nook of Oz- Anonymum {She started this whole thang}

3-Javaqueen
Cris
4-Evyl
Anja
2-Lightening
Bettina
Hilary
Jayne
Red
Gemisht
Annie
Edited to add: ~m is now on the list whether he wants to be or not! {thank you michael}
Plus a couple of late inclusions:
Sarah Flanigan
Cowgal

Here’s how it works. Anonymum started the first paragraph, passed it onto Lightening, she completed the second. Lighteing passed it onto moi. I’ll post mine in orange, and here she goes:
Too Splendid

The sun was orange as it set against the ocean.
As Natalie walked along the beach, she felt the sting of tears as they sprung to her eyes. How could he do this to her? What would she do now?
She had invested 12 years of her life into their marriage, thinking they were happy, only to have him say he was leaving. Her question of why had been left unanswered. There was no explanation or reasons. He had merely looked at her sadly and walked out the door without so much as a backward glance………….

The sand felt cool against her hot face as her legs buckled and she surrendered her weary body to the comfort of the course sand. She curled up into a foetal position, her mind willing her body to simply evaporate. The darkness enveloping her was barely recognisable against the darkness that enveloped her heart. A darkness that had been slowly creeping in over the past decade. Somewhere in the distance, a baby cried…. a cry that tortured her heart with memories of a dim and distant past……

Alone in the sand Natalie couldn’t stop thinking what if. What if she had been able to have a child? If she could have given him that, would she be in this situation now? At one time they had been so happy. She had foolishly thought that they could make it work by just loving each other. Natalie had told him from the start that she might not be able to have children. Back then he just looked in her eyes and said the only thing that mattered is that they had each other. Why had she believed him? Now, after twelve years of marriage she was all alone. They had tried for so many years to have a baby, but they never could. She had been through seven miscarriages and had given up hope. Now her husband had left her. She felt empty inside. If only he had known . . .

I am supposed to tag somebody, he’s famous amongst the blogger’s that I roll with- his name is Evyl . Evyl, you’re up. Now, I’m dying wondering where this story is going to go next.

Thank you Anonymum, for bringing us all together!