THIRD-PERSON POV Denise's breathing was shallow, and her sleep was disturbed by an unsettling dream. She followed her mother, the inscrutable blur hiding the features of her mother’s face as she chased after her in the realm of her subconscious. Her mother kept telling her to flee, alerting her to the dangers she might face because of the men she loved, and this gave the dream a heavy sense of dismay. Desperate for answers, Denise called out to her mother while running through the shadows of her subconscious. But it felt like her mother was getting further and further away from her with each step she took, their connection in the dream evaporating like mist. When Denise's mother completely disappeared, the dream came to an end, and she was left in a depressing state that went beyond sl

