“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Chapter 21
-Karen-
I didn’t really need lights in the room to see him there. After my hair had turned green I could pretty much see through the dark. But that feeling was kind of otherworldly and catlike, so, I switched on the small table lamp.
“I’m glad you didn’t shower me with curse words,” Victor said with a smug smile on his face.
“Mmhm,” I murmured and flopped into my bed. I didn’t care if he was sitting next to me or I was dressed in my old T-shirt and shorts. I shut my burning eyes and silently wished for sleep to engulf me.
He could watch me sleep, for all I cared. I didn’t give a damn.
A minute passed and I dozed off.
“And I don’t want the world to see m
