My body felt weak and drained, but I felt myself regaining all my senses. It had been a while since he came out, and I tried not to get angry because he only comes out when I become pissed and out of control, which is what my mother's presence did to me. She always manages to bring out the worst in me. Every single time, all I felt was immense pain running through my body for no reason other than to punish me, and I think that this is a way to retaliate for keeping me locked in. I have never tried fighting him before, but even since the time I almost lost control in front of Micaela, I made a promise to myself never to frighten her the way I did, so I did everything I could to suppress him. Even when my mother began spitting words out, I still wanted to hold back, thinking only of Mi

