52

ASHLEY

I placed my hands on my kneecap, pulling my jog to an abrupt stop. My breathing came out in loud wheezes and harsh pants as I struggled to get a hold of it. My chest constricted in a dull pain that had me squeezing my eyes shut for a moment before I got upright and tied my messy hair in a ponytail. My knees were almost numb, a dull ache shooting through them. I puffed out some hair through my mouth and began jogging lightly back to the villa.

Irritation surged through my veins, making my skin crawl as I remembered that I didn't get much sleep throughout the night. All I could do was close my eyes and just hope that, somehow, I would fall asleep, but I didn't. I roughly got two hours of sleep before I got out of bed around 5 am, resorting to clearing my head and this feeling of utter helplessness that threatened to consume me. I was suffocating and I needed to get out of that house before I lost my fucking mind.

The light jogs I engaged myself in slowly reduced to walks and I ga