After One Night
I just nodded numbly, pretending I was fine.
When we arrived at Jordan’s house, I dashed inside like I was running from a fire. I threw myself onto the bed, burying my face in the pillows, wishing the mattress could swallow me whole. Fiona might be a bitch and a liar, but I was the real fool here. Within minutes, exhaustion dragged me into a restless, haunted sleep.
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“Mommy, where are you going? Why are you leaving me? Please don’t go,” I cried in my dream, tears sliding down my face.