(Nisha)
It was warm and comfortable, the place in between. Where I didn’t have to put emotions to my thoughts, where I could exist without moving forward or back.
It could have been minutes or years, but my shadows slowly started receding from me. B.astards.
Early light trickled in, but it felt too bright. I sat up. I wasn’t in a car anymore. I was in a large, tidy room with a light stone floor and dark blue walls. The feelings tried to push through to me, making my head fuzzy, but I just couldn’t deal with it yet. I studied the room. The way that anything was left out had a place, the folded blanket and the tidy stack of books.
It felt like him, and I let myself smile.
A sharp knock came at the door, and I startled. “Come in?” I more asked than called.
Cameron stood, taking up mos
