54: Climbing walls

Next day

*Meri*

So far Daniel hasn't hurt me. He comes in often and just sits down to talk to me. It's a bit creepy because he acts like we are on a date or something. I mostly don't answer him, afraid I am going to yell at him and make him angry.

He has shown me clips from tv, the accident where I supposedly died. My parents' grief stricken faces. Tom, pale and with red eyes, leaving the hospital with a stoic looking Zac acting as a bodyguard, shielding him from the cameras. I want to reach for them, to tell them that I am here, that I am alive.

Zac seems to be the one holding everything and everyone together, but I had seen how his hands were shaking and the way his eyes seemed vacant. Without me there is no way to cure Lumi. I need to get to her before it's too late.

The door opens and Daniel walks in. He has some kind of bowl in his hand and a wash cloth over his arm. "Good morning darling, time for your bath".

"Can I shower ?" I don't know whether to be happy or not. So far