C23 The Weight of Despair

My coronary heart pounded in my chest as Gabby and Josephine left the room, their laughter echoing down the hallway. The sting of Gabby’s slap burned on my cheek, but it changed into a pain in my soul that harmed the maximum. How did I grow to be proper right here? Why had I ever depended on Gabby? These questions gnawed at me, their answers misplaced in the fog of regret.

Sleep came fitfully