Valerie
Shock still hummed inside me. It froze me into inaction. I should at least be checking some assignments my students had sent me, but I wasn’t. Even though I often work during the weekends, I just did not feel like it tonight. I almost got assaulted again - maybe it wouldn’t be rape, but it would still be an attack.
Have you ever felt like you had too much coffee in the morning - but you still couldn’t move? That was what I felt. My heart was palpitating, but I could barely move my arms. So, I didn’t think I received Janus well. He just wanted to comfort me, but I felt almost immobile. I wasn’t ready to be cuddled or comforted, because I felt like I had too much of it. It made me feel even more vulnerable. Hannah made it worse by propping me up like a mannequin, displaying the be
