Sentences with phrase «desertion manifests»

Katie is an overachiever of the sympathetic kind as Charlie's desertion manifests itself in fear — that he'll return, that he won't, that his leaving is the truth of her worth — she finds difficult to manage; Bratt's Wade Handler lies in the dark every night, hearing his past life being lived across the street in bars and in clubs, waiting in vain for the rewards of giving up the drink to kick in.