20 EMMA Two months went by with me and Christopher spending as much time together as we could steal at the cabin. Another Monday had come where I’d had to pull myself away from the man at nearly two in the morning to go back to my parents’ house. The day hit me hard and heavy as my alarm went off. Staggering to my bathroom, I felt a knot in my stomach that made me nauseous. I held my stomach as I went to the sink to brush my teeth. In a sudden wave of heat and dizziness, I changed directions, heading to the toilet instead where I puked my very soul up. I felt so weak I had to sit on the cold tile floor. “What the hell?” I whimpered. After a few minutes I managed to heave my body up and went right back to bed, lying down and trying to figure out what I’d eaten or drank to suddenly be f

