chapter 119

Ella Smith...

I hugged my knees to my chest as I sat on the chair facing the window. My eyes were planted on the garden, staring at the flowers as the morning sun slowly started beaming down its ray on them, magnifying their natural beauty.

I really wanted to leave the mansion and sit outside in the sun, let the morning sun warm the coldness that was spreading all over my body.

My head was pounding, along with the side of my face that was still swollen.

When Doctor Morgan said that it would get worse before it got better, he wasn't joking because the bruise was as purple as it could ever be.

I'd tried to fall asleep. I tried to shut everything out, but the past three weeks have been horribly hard.

I have done everything in my power to avoid the people living in this mansion, including Elijah.

While it hasn't been easy to do so, it wasn't also impossible.

I made sure to wake up super early even before the workers woke up and would make my way to the kitchen to grab myself somethi