Chapter 26 Complicated Loyalty

• Tuesday came too fast. My body felt heavy, my mind still stuck in the nightmare from last night. I didn’t want to move. I didn’t want to go anywhere. Even thinking about taking Martha to school made my stomach twist. Her uniform wasn’t here, and… I just couldn’t. Not after everything. Not after the blood, the mannequin, the fear.
• I couldn’t forgive myself if anything happened to her. I couldn’t.
• Martha woke up crying, rubbing her eyes, her little voice shaking. “Mommy… I wanna go to school. Aire is waiting… I need to see Aire.”