★JANIE★ With a drawn-out yawn and a fatigued stretch, my eyelids fluttered open. Suddenly, a feeling of excitement clouded my guts and I was contemplating why. It was after racking my brain for a couple of seconds, that I realized what today entailed. My birthday. My f*****g 20th birthday! The rush of excitement jostling through my veins prompted me to pull to a sitting position and I smiled to myself. Picking up the bible from beneath my pillow, I did a quick morning prayer to God, thanking him for making me see this day despite everything that I have been through. After I was done, my eyes drifted to my clothes and underwear on the ground, and I furrowed my brows, thinking. Until, memories of what transpired between Luciano and me last night, surged to the forefront of my brain

