22. Waniya

The sky was dark and darkness was suffocating, cutting off my breathing, there was an unbearable pressure on my ribs, lifelesss legs dangled me to who knows where. The mind ran in circles only, not processing anything. Nowhere seemed like home anymore. The one person I was sure about was my safe heaven had turned out to be a monster in disguise; I fucking didn't know how to breathe.

The police constable had dropped her off in front of her house. She came out of the police van, he was speaking to her, telling her something, she could not hear him. After getting off, she walked towards the tall gate of the house she called home at some point and just stood in front of it. The watchman came to her, he was also saying something to her which could not process. Instead of walking inside the house, she turned around. The police van was now at a distance from her. She could see the rear lights flashing and moving far and far away.

The watchman followed her, was probably asking her to come i