Hot Property
“Time to fall apart. Scream. Cry. Trash the room. But she did none of it.
She was too broken to budge from her seat.
The slightest twitch of a muscle would be too unbearably painful to tolerate. If her mind had not temporarily shut down as well, Betsy would’ve thought she’d gone into shock.
The sound of the front door opening and closing triggered some mechanism inside that returned her motor skills. The pain of returning to life was like none she had ever known before. Her heart felt like it wa...s being stabbed over and over again with the shiny point of a dagger. This brutal attack on her heart was quickly draining the blood and oxygen from her and Betsy feared she might be dying.
“You’re in early,” Mary greeted from the doorway. Her pleasant smile vanished the second Betsy looked up at her. “My God, what’s wrong? You’re as white as a ghost.”
Betsy had no way of knowing if anything would come out if she tried to speak. But she made the effort anyway. “I don’t feel good, Mary.”MoreLess
She was too broken to budge from her seat.
The slightest twitch of a muscle would be too unbearably painful to tolerate. If her mind had not temporarily shut down as well, Betsy would’ve thought she’d gone into shock.
The sound of the front door opening and closing triggered some mechanism inside that returned her motor skills. The pain of returning to life was like none she had ever known before. Her heart felt like it wa...s being stabbed over and over again with the shiny point of a dagger. This brutal attack on her heart was quickly draining the blood and oxygen from her and Betsy feared she might be dying.
“You’re in early,” Mary greeted from the doorway. Her pleasant smile vanished the second Betsy looked up at her. “My God, what’s wrong? You’re as white as a ghost.”
Betsy had no way of knowing if anything would come out if she tried to speak. But she made the effort anyway. “I don’t feel good, Mary.”MoreLess
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