Chapter 52

I stayed silent the whole time. I clenched my jaw and kept my heartbeat in check. I stuffed my hands into my hoodie’s pockets and shuffled on my foot, not sure on what to do. Sonia was still staring at me like I was some extinct animal and I felt my conscience growing antsy, the alarm bells were ringing inside my head and every instinct screamed at me to drop everything and get out of there, flee the state, change my name, forget my past and strike up a new start for myself. But no one...