Rebecca
“Honey, and you believed that? You’re more gullible than I thought,” Nurse Hilda said, her voice low and slithering, like it was laced with poison. The words wrapped around me, teasing and mocking.
“Oh yeah?” I spat, fighting the rising frustration, but it was more than frustration now. Something inside me was changing, something I couldn’t quite control. There was a rush, like electricity coursing through my veins. I could feel my pulse thumping in my temples, the blood moving faster through my body. It was as if a switch had been flipped, and I wasn’t sure if it was me or something… else.
Nurse Hilda tilted her head, that smug smirk only growing wider. Her daughter, standing beside her, mirrored the expression, as if we were suddenly friends, as if we shared some unspoken sec
