Teresa “Teresa, wake up!” “Wake up, Teresa!” “Teresa!” My eyes opened at a snail’s pace, only to be hit by bluriness and pain firing in my neck with full force. The black floor was staring back at me until my eyes drifted to my legs, clasped together. I tried to move them, but for some reason, my ankles refused to part from each other. I groaned, opting to use my hands. Instead, pain exploded from the joints in my shoulders. My wrists burned against each other as I realized they were shackled behind the metal chair I was sitting on. “Teresa!” My ears rang with deafness thanks to my mother’s angst bursting my eardrums. “Mom?” I whispered, tipped my chin upward so I could get a view of my mother. I couldn’t print the expression on her face besides her unique red hair, and it didn’t help that the empty area was dimly lit. She was equally chained to a chair a few meters in front of me. Whatever she said, the ringing in my ears made sure I didn’t hear a word of it. “Mom!” I gasped.
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