CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVEMadison
Madison woke from a dead sleep, her body trembling and sweat pouring down her forehead. Another nightmare. She hadn’t had bad dreams like this since the months that followed after leaving her ex-boyfriend, Justin. It had been two weeks since she’d broke it off with Matt, and out of those fourteen days, she’d dealt with a nightmare almost each and every night. It was two in the morning, and that nightmare was particularly unsettling, more so than the others.
Every nightmare was the same: Justin’s fist coming at her face. She hadn’t slept more than two hours in a row since the night of Bryan’s bachelor party. That image of Matt’s alcohol-fueled anger had triggered all the emotions from her traumatic experience with Justin. The feelings of terror that she had buri
