Chapter 13

• The phone hadn't stopped vibrating on my desk for the last hour. I didn't bother to get up to answer whoever it was. I lay in bed staring at the ceiling while Lisa absorbed my feelings for her. In return, I absorbed her pain and discarded it like trash. I couldn't cry; in fact, I felt absolutely nothing. Gradually, I drifted off to sleep. I didn't wake up at dawn to train as I usually did. Instead, I woke up to my aunt shaking me.
• "Eliza, get ready or you'll be late for class! Besides, your friend is here to pick you up."
• "My friend?" I replied, a little confused as I tried to get up. Lisa was quiet inside me, but I felt her a little calmer and more composed.