om, eyes wide open and fixated on the whit

The new faces she had met and didn't know; h

t now she didn't know him. He was a stranger to her. She recalled the hurt in his eyes. As much as he

. The man who had birthed and raised her. The ma

g was a m

he felt like a child seeing

there, no one expected anything from her. No on

ar than this strange room she was enclosed in.

Her restlessness was increasing with each pa

as much rest as possible. If ever sh

ping over the edge of one as the a

. She decided to use the pills doctor Tony had

e caught sight of a moving shadow from

nger moving and stood st

zed her he

with fright, watching the

en the door slowly and quietly creaked ope

that clothed her, toppled her into

with pain and her heart thud with fright. Beads of s

to lay still, pretend to be aslee

d beating of her heart didn't giv

beside her bed, towering about her

ied and her breath

sleep, Ashley." The

of calm seeped into her voic

e missed you so

her but when the voice spoke agai

up her thighs, finding its

le fold and she reached for the

pecting the face sh

oice was laced wit

want?" She could not manage to

want and I know

hand, stopping him from go

do you

pretending to have lost it so your father does not s

and pretended not to remember a thing almost after he called

ut?" Confusion adorned ev

He explained excitedly, settling himself on the small space by the edge o

ortable. "Paul, st

stand, she could see Paul's face

t's wrong

e how you're

into a sneer and his gaz

to like how