CHAPTER 22
I couldn’t stay locked in the bathroom forever. I would have done it too, maybe let myself be sucked down the drain, that was how I felt. Instead, I was forced to compose myself and leave it, hoping that the jackal was not still perched in the library waiting to hurtle on its prey again.
Fortunately, he wasn’t there. I couldn’t breathe, I felt suffocated. I just wanted to collect my stuff and disappear, at least for the rest of the day if not my life. Going and suffering somewhere unknown and hidden, alone and in silence.
There was nothing I could do. Only succumb and obey. Or seek consolation in Geoff. But I already imagined how he would react. He wouldn’t tolerate seeing me treated unfairly and the idea of getting his father involved would re-emerge. This would make me a de
