TERESA
The next day came quickly even though I prayed countless times that it never came.
The truth is, I didn't know how to begin my day. I was so scared to my bones to show my face to the brothers, and on the other hand, I was trying to stay out of my mother's sight.
Out of so much deliberation, I decided to stay and hide in here.
"You look terrible,” Keller said the moment I opened my door to let the both of them in.
That was not a “good morning.” It wasn't working even a “how are you?”
I blinked at him, slow and disoriented, because I didn’t know what day it was.
I barely knew my own name.
Everything in my body felt like it was dipped in dry mud. My tongue was dry and my head was floating somewhere near the ceiling.
“What time is it?” I asked and my voice sounded like I
