The bathroom was thick with a heavy, suffocating fog of steam that clung to the walls and blurred the mirror into a slick white sheet. Ella kept the water scalding hot almost boiling, right at the edge of what her skin could tolerate. She gripped the rough, fiber sponge, digging it into her collarbones, her chest, her ribs, and down her thighs. She scrubbed with a frantic, desperate rhythm until her flesh was raw, burning, and a furious, bright red. She wanted to peel the top layer of her own skin right off, wanting to scrape away the lingering filth of those men’s eyes that still felt like grease on her body. But no matter how hard she pressed until her knuckles turned white and her arms ached, the memory of that morning refused to wash down the drain,Every drop of water hitting the tile seemed to echo the rhythmic, heavy footsteps of the congregation. Her mind dragged her right back into the suffocating atmosphere of that sanctuary, forcing her to live through the horror all over aga
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