If not love, Whatelse?
“ Cami, you should come with me sometime. Just to see the city. It's not as bad as you think.”
Camellia smiled again, but it didn’t reach her eyes. “ Maybe.” She retreated to her chair by the window, her safe place, where the glass barrier kept the world far enough to breathe.
Since they moved into the new apartment, Camellia had remained indoors. She told herself it was safer that way, safer to keep the world at a distance, to watch the city from the balcony as the people moved below recklessly. The crowd terrified her so much… their noise, their music, the sudden burst of laughing or cheering from the people all sounded as a threat to her. A reminder of what she was running from.
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