She needed to get out. Right now.
It was as if the atmosphere inside the house was slowly, but painfully, getting denser and denser, and as if the walls were threatening to close in on her, making it harder for her to stay inside.
She tried not to breathe through her nose, to avoid the disgusting stench of cheap alcohol. She had since long ago come to terms with the ubiquity of it, but something was different today. As much as she tried to shut it out together with all the painful memories, they still kept creeping back, without even sparing her fruitless attempts at keeping them at bay a glance.
Her eyes flickered to the door and after a moment of hesitation, she lept out of the couch, from under the thin blanket she naively had hoped would warm her, and went to the door. After putting some shoes on, she looked in the mirror to make sure she looked normal. That her appearance didn't betray her secrets. Then she opened the door.
KAMU SEDANG MEMBACA
Periphery
Cerita PendekSmall stories about seemingly insignificant people around the world. But sometimes the strongest and toughest or the sweetest and kindest people are those out of sight and in the shadows. They fight battles no one knows about. Sometimes they have...
