Chapter 72: Fear the Voices

She could feel herself falling into the abyss again. Weak bones rattled against the ground. It was three days before her twelfth birthday. For hours she crawled along the cement, searching for anything. Anything that could go inside her mouth and be eaten. She felt sick. Her eyes went dark. But they continued speaking to her.

They were her only friends. They taught her everything about the sinful world and the sinful people in it. Only they understood how special she was, how all she needed to do was bring God into her heart to be saved. She was different from her mother and the disgusting people she brought into the house.

Then, she realized. After hours and hours of scraped concrete and broken nails, Naomi finally realized who the voices were. God and His angels had been speaking to her all along.