Caly’s POV
I laid in darkness for what felt like an eternity. It was important somehow, the darkness. I couldn’t see, move or even hear clearly what went on outside. I was on the inside, lying in the darkness, everything else was outside and out of reach. I had to bide my time. I was convinced I was in purgatory. Sometimes I felt there was someone on the outside, telling me that the outside world was still there and I would be allowed to come back, so I became hopeful. I just had to do my time here. I would do anything.
Many times I would dream. Vivid dreams. I had one dream that happened over and over. At first, I was frightened. I would wake laying on the banks of a lake. Nothing for miles and miles in any direction except the lake surrounded by tall grasses and cattails. At f
