✦Dolly✦
I lasted one full morning at home. That was it. One. By Saturday afternoon, I was already standing by my bedroom window, watching Skaydal breathe without me. People moved along the road like the world had not tilted beneath my feet. A group of children ran past laughing. Someone’s dog barked. A truck rolled by carrying wooden crates, probably toward Project Future.
Where I was not allowed to go.
Because apparently, I was under house protection now. Not house arrest. Protection. That was what everyone kept calling it. I hated it. My parents were downstairs, talking in those careful voices adults used when they thought careful meant quiet. Elias was somewhere outside, probably pretending not to watch the front path to make sure I didn’t try to escape. I grabbed my jacket and left
