Chapter 15 I Embraced One Lie I Created In My Mind

• [Dorothy]
• “MOM!” I screamed as I scrambled on the floor in an awkward position, trying to get up by grabbing the armrest of the couch, but failing miserably. I hit my shoulder on the floor and hurt my neck as I stopped my head from banging on the hard surface. Now my head hurts, and my shoulder is tender.
• Alpha Mateo and Adel came barging through the door, one after another. Perhaps they heard the elevated voices and harsh tones from the earlier conversation.