The persistent buzzing of Vanessa's phone took the sleep out of her eyes. Squeezing her eyes to adjust to the bright light in the room, squinting around the house, she scanned her surroundings in shock. Where was she? She asked herself before her brain helped her remember what had happened that day. She remembered how Darryl barged into her house, and how he took her to his house. Her mind went back to the buzzing phone as she realized that was the reason she had woken up from her deep sleep. Quickly, without checking who the caller was, she answered before the call would end. “Hello?” Her voice came out croaking due to the fact that she had been sleeping. “Vanessa, don't tell me you have been sleeping.” Her mother shrieks from the speaker. Vanessa pulled the phone from her ear to

