***** Lucy’s POV
A stirring of light flickered in through the curtains of my window as I sat crunched and stiff by my door still naked from my shift last night. I pulled myself up slowly and went into the bathroom. I didn’t recognize myself in the mirror with my makeup ruined and eyes red and swollen from crying.
Turning away from the mirror, I mechanically stepped into the shower. The hot water hit my stiff shoulders, but all I felt was numb. I felt dead inside like my high from cloud nine had been finally popped, and I was coming down from a high that should have never ended.
I know I should be collecting my thoughts about everything that happened last night, but I didn’t have any energy to deal with it nor the will. After I finished, I dried off and wrapped the white towel around my
