Chapter14

#Chapter14

In the middle of the night

The sound of a door closing scares me out of my sleep and paralyzes my blood.

/"Who’s there?/" I pull the sheet up to my neck, fearful.

My vision is still blurry, perhaps from the fright of waking up in a strange bed and in a room that is not my own. Waking up in a different place for the first time in twenty-three years is a little scary.

Moonlight streams through the glass window that is almost my size and illuminates the room a bit.

A shadow moves beside the door.

It is the intruder.

/"Who is it? Know that I will scream if you come any closer./" Even though I’m peeing my pants in fear, I try to push him away.

/"I just wanted to check that you were asleep./"

It’s Dario, I know. A tiny voice deep inside me tells me it’s him.

/"Dario,/" my soul returns to my body, and I release my breath. /"What’s wrong with you? What time is it?/"