Chapter 29: No More Silence
Alex
Edda scrambled to her feet immediately. She clutched her cheek as if her skin were on fire. I could see the marks of my fingers starting to show on her pale face. Her eyes burned with a mixture of deep humiliation and pure rage. She pointed her finger at me, and her hand was shaking so hard that it nearly looked blurred in the dim light of the corridor.
“Who the hell do you think you are?” she screamed at the top of her lungs. Her voice was shrill and hurt my ears. “You are a nobody! You are not even worth the dirt on my shoes, let alone cleaning them!”
I did not flinch at her shouting. I did not move back an inch.
Instead, I stepped closer to her. My movements were slow and deliberate. I let the sound of my boots echo softly against the stone floor. M
