ELIJAH
I couldn’t hear anything behind the door and it was like she wasn’t in there, like the room on the other side had gone completely still, empty of life and sound.
“Adriana baby, please open up the door. I need to see you.”
My voice came out softer than I intended, laced with worry, my hand resting against the wooden surface as if I could somehow feel her through it.
I could hear some movement, faint and distant, and I thought she was going to come open the door but she didn’t, the silence stretching again, heavier this time.
“Please, talk to me. I need to see you.”
I knew she wasn’t going to come to the door but I had to try, had to keep trying even if it felt useless. How long had she been locked in there? Had she eaten at all? Had she slept, or had she just been lying there w
