Rebecca
I waited and waited. My legs ached from pacing, but I couldn’t stop. Back and forth, I moved, the cramped space of the cell feeling smaller with each step. The walls closed in around me, suffocating, but the physical confinement wasn’t what clawed at my mind.
He wasn’t coming.
Oh, I had been such a fool. Why had I used this chance to ask him for help? I should have called Dr. Jenna. She was the only other person who might have listened, but I didn’t want to drag her into this mess. Besides, what would she think if she knew the truth? That I had lied about my home situation, about being at school with friends while my family lived in another state?
Another state? That wasn’t entirely true, was it? Maybe I should’ve just said they were dead. It would’ve felt more honest than pre
