Evie’s head drops and her sobbing becomes uncontrollable. It is not that she doesn’t believe the girl, the opposite is fact, it is because she actually believes the girl, it is just that she has no idea how to function in real life anymore.
Escape? She had long since lost hope, she has been waiting for death for so long yet too scared to take her own life. When she assumed that death was her only way out, it is strange to hear a deviation from the plan. The thought of life now is a lot harder road.
“Shh, shh its okay, no one else is going to hurt you”
Leilani patiently coaxes as she works on untying the girl from the degrading position, stroking her hair and trying to calm her down in the process. Leilani’s is the first friendly touch that Evie has felt in a long time, the first touch t
