Jessica kept her phone down and switched it off. She took out her Simcard and kept it in her bedside drawer. Finally standing up from the bed, she heard a knock on her bedroom door.
Her voice was already broken and too hoarse to respond.
She went into her bathroom to wash her face first before returning to her room and walking up to her mirror. She looked at her face and saw that her eyes were red and swollen.
"No, I cannot go out like this. Caleb will know that I am crying, and I don't want him to start worrying about me or our staying here," Jessica murmured to herself.
She went to the door without opening it and asked, "Who's there?"
"It's me, Jessica, open up," she heard her mother respond.
"Is Caleb there with you?" Jessica asked her mother, not wanting Caleb to see her reddened
