Chapter 17

ALEXIS’ POV

The loud shrill of my alarm clock jolts me awake and I groan lowly and sink deeper into the warm sheets.

It is morning again and we have to continue the circle of life. And I am no exception.

I roll my weight off the bed until I land from the bed to the bare floors with a plod. My back aches a little from the fall, causing me to awake fully. I groan again and lazilly pull myself out of the floors and into the bathroom where I take a quick shower and brush my teeth.

I return back to the room a few minutes later and change into a pair of sweatshirt and baggy jeans. I can count how many times i have repeated this clothes this term in school. I am sure at this stage, almost everyone in school can identify me with my repeated clothes by now.

I scamper out of my room to our tiny congested kitchen to make breakfast. Other days, grandma Rivera would be the one to fix me breakfast but yesterday, she had gone to visit her close friend in the west side of the fortress and would be c