Chapter 76
- The house was quiet again this time. Too quiet. The kind of silence that made every drop from the leaky kitchen faucet echo louder than it should.
- The sound it woke me up eventually, and as I snapped my eyes open, the ceiling with dark patches of mold welcomed me.
- I sat up slowly from the thin mattress laid directly on the hard floor. No bed frame, no fluffy blankets, no pillows.