Moving forward

Only the hushed breathing of those around Jenny could be heard. Darkness seemed to embrace them even tighter upon hearing Jenny’s request for light, in a sort of protest against being abandoned and banished. No one dared to move, no one dared to speak, all except Jenny. Jenny took to steps forward , separating herself from the group of people that looked like a mound of crushed paper in the darkness, and she sweetly spoke a single word. “ Please.”