Step 36. Dead End
Playlist: “SOS” by Rihanna
Don’t do it.
Don’t open your eyes.
Don’t wake up.
I play these words on repeat, for I know that once I am awake, then nothing will ever be the same. This week has forever changed me.
Eric and I made love over and over again last night until we fell asleep in each other's arms. Still, morning is here. Light beyond my eyelids is bringing me out of sweet unconsciousness.
Don’t do it.
Don't open your eyes.
Don’t wake up.
As the fog clears in my brain and reality descends upon me with crushing weight, I am consumed by fear. Dread creeps through me, threatening to paralyze me under the faded blue quilt that was once soft and comforting, yet now is as heavy and hard as lead.
Something is wrong. Something is very, very wrong.
Something is
