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I looked at Anu after coming on the earth back as she asked me, "Inaya, where are you lost? You haven't even touched your sandwich yet? What happened?" I just stared at her silently, having no answer to her question. I can't tell her about my condition, not now. If I tell her, she will eat up my mind more. I'm already losing my mind. I can't take this anymore. She clasped my face. "What happened, Inaya? Is everything fine?" She asked concernedly. No, Anu, no, nothing is fine. I'm going insane. Oh god, but how do I tell her? How do I explain to her?

When I open them, Luke is still watching me, waiting. "I need to get my bags," I whisper into the phone. "Luke will take care of everything. Just come to me." This man has always been able to turn my rational mind into chaos. He makes me forget who I am, forget what I want, forget every promise I've made to myself. I hand the phone back to Luke without another word and follow him toward the Range Rover. My legs feel like they're made of water, but I keep walking. I'm such an idiot.

That's exactly the age everyone finds impossible, the one nobody likes. 'The poor female lead… I can't even imagine how her peaceful, quiet life is being destroyed by a boy who's like an energetic Husky.' 'Let's clear Elias' name. He's not a goofball who needs walks like a dog; he can handle himself.' 'Please, I'm begging for the male lead to go back to being his calm, cool self.' The comments scrolled faster and faster, and with each one, my heart sank a little more. The more I watched, the more I realized I couldn't keep him in the house.

"The core of the Reset. You think you’re a thief. You think you stole these years from them." I couldn't speak. I just shook, the tears soaking into the fabric of my shorts. I lived through the fire. I lived through the rain. And every year, when I was about to reach the anniversary, my brain would panic. It would see me laughing with Clayton or enjoying a sunset and it would whisper: How dare you? And then, click. The lights would go out. The "Reset" was the only way I knew how to stay "innocent." If I didn't remember the life I’d built, I didn't have to feel guilty for enjoying it.

He deserved to die, I know this, and I know what he had planned for me would have been horrific, but it doesn’t make it go away or stop it leaching inside my mind, making me feel insane. I’m so much more emotional in the past couple of weeks, up and down. Body aching because I’m coming down with flu or something. I’m run down, getting sick from stress and anxiety as it destroys my immune system. I always get sick when I am going through something traumatic and everything is just getting on top of me. I swear being locked in the apartment is like forcing me into depression and making me breathe stale air. I need fresh air, space and freedom, before I go insane.