Unlike all of the other times where Charles got up before Katherine to leave, she was the first to go this time. At this point, she just wanted the announcement to be over and done with. She was burnt out from all of the stress it had caused her.
She walked down the hall to her room and immediately went to the mirror to assess how bad her makeup had become from crying. She had mascara smudges under her eyes and her face looked flush from heat.
Katherine turned on the sink and was about to wash her face before she remembered that she had not called Jasper yet. She was dreading that conversation so much that she had put it off for as long as she possibly could.
With a sigh, she turned off the running water and picked up her phone. There was no use calling after her makeup was fixed; she knew that talking to him would probably make her cry again.
