Twenty-Four
Careena
The toilet flushes. I crawl to the door and reach for the knob, stretching as far as I can go before I give up and push to my knees. “Alice! You can’t do this!” I pound the door when I realize that it won’t open from this side. “Alice! Listen to me. Nothing will change if you hurt him.”
Voices shout from the living room. Tony has arrived. Or it could be someone else. What if Alice called other people to the cabin? What if she and her girlfriends beat Tony to death? The grizzly thought causes another wave of distress to upset my stomach.
“Sh!” I point to my middle. “Enough. I have to… get to Alice.”
I’m panting by the time I climb to my feet. Alice must have slipped something in my water. I tell myself to move but my body won’t listen. It’s like I’m trapped in a bad
