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52. His Heart
"I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched"
~EDGAR
ALLENPOE"Calm down" Christine's gentle hand keeps rubbing my back as I lay my head on her lap and sob uncontrollably.
It's been 15 minutes since she brought me to Gloria's room and I've been crying non-stop.
"H-he scared me" I hiccup shuffling to bury my head further inside her warm embrace, I need someone to hold me right now.
"Trust me child, he didn't mean to." She tries to assure me massaging my head, my sobs calm down as her magical fingers sooth me as always.
We both stay silent for a moment "sometimes I forget how young you are, 17 still a child" she murmurs sadly. "I miss my mot
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