Chapter 77:
Sara's Point of View
I couldn't breathe. My chest hurt. My hands shook. The fancy room around me felt too small, like the walls were closing in. The only sound was that stupid old clock going tick-tick-tick on the fireplace, like everything was normal. But nothing was normal anymore. Nothing.
I grabbed the chair next to me so hard my knuckles turned white. The soft velvet felt wrong under my fingers. Everything felt wrong.
I caught sight of myself in the big mirror on the wall and stopped dead. I didn't even look like me anymore. My hair was all messed up, mascara running down my cheeks, lipstick smeared. I looked crazy. Really crazy. Like one of those women in the movies right before they completely lose it.
Maybe I was losing it.
" This was supposed to be easy!" I scre
