At 11:49 PM
I moved my tongue to dry lips. My eyes were fixed on the hands of the clock. Was that person trying to drive me crazy? I was sitting on the corner of the bed. The pillow was pressed in my hands. Jessica was in the kitchen. I told her to stay here tonight. I didn't want this person to be alone.
At 11:53 PM
Have I been thinking like this for four minutes? I caressed my forehead. "Come to your senses, Maria!" But I knew in my heart that the man who was sitting on the toilet seat was not lying. I knew he would come.
My eyes were still fixed on the red hand of the clock. All of a sudden, I remembered his smirking eyes twinkling in the elevator. He was calling him "master." So he was his servant? I still remember the pain and anguish when the nails tore the skin off my arm becaus
