Chapter 18
Kayleigh
I wake up with my heart pounding in my chest. Almost jumping out of it. I had a nightmare again. I have nightmares more often nowadays.
Juliette says that it might be my feelings of guilt that causes my nightmares and that I should take that as a sign to return home.
I sit up with my legs over the edge of my bed. I put my hand over my head and breath in deep. Tears are flowing from my eyes. My heart is still pounding so hard.
I stand up on wobbly legs. I walk into my bathroom and look in the mirror. I'm sickly pale. And my eyes are red and puffy. My face is swollen, but that's a part of being pregnant, not from a nightmare. I hate my nightmares, and I hate what they do to me. How they make me feel and how they affect me.
I turn on the water in the sink. I close my
