Emily Harper
After the incident, I had gone to the ladies' room on the lower floor. Rye had gone back to his department, and I couldn't be more thankful that he did not explode in anger. My mind was already whirling, I did not need another issue to add to my piling list of worries.
Sighing, I stared at myself in the mirror. My cheeks looked pale and my eye makeup was smudged. I look like a ghost, I thought to myself. I glanced at my wrist and saw the red mark that Cody's fingers had left behind. I winced when I saw it. Then, after a few seconds, I looked back at the reflection of my eyes in the mirror. They were still burning from all the crying I have done earlier. To top it all off, black streaks of ruined makeup were beginning to form downwards from them.
Look at yourself, Emily, I t
