Violet’s Pov The water was beginning to make me cold so I opened my eyes. He wasn't there anymore. I instantly broke through the surface of the pool water, gasping for air. I had stayed too long in the water and anyone would have thought I had drowned. And he left me there! He actually left me to drown. I swam to the ladder. Thankfully, I knew how to swim, I learnt that with my friends back in high school. With all of my strength, I swam with my clothes weighing me down. As I emerged from the water, I felt a chill run down my spine. The night air was cool and unforgiving, and I was shivering. I looked down at my ruined clothes and makeup, and a surge of anger rose up inside me. The makeup I spent time applying was ruined, and my clothes clung to my body like a soggy shroud inside th