25

Cressida

I couldn't feel anything anymore.

Nothing mattered anymore, numbness was my ally now, helping me cope with the demons inside my head.

My feet were moving me on their own accord inside our mansion but it felt… empty.

No it didn't feel, it was empty, life no longer existed in it and no sound was there, just the sound of our footsteps through the empty entrance, darkness surrounding it.

Aunt Natalie was about to turn on the lights when I raised my hand in the air, telling her to stop which she did after looking at my father.

I started going upstairs, not waiting for anyone to follow me and I knew I was supposed to go inside my room but my feet carried me somewhere else, somewhere that would bring me pain but my heart didn't seem to care.

His room was dark but I knew my way very well. I walked inside it before I collapsed down on the bed as I let myself take in his smell, his scent being everywhere around me as if he was trying to wrap me in a comforting hug.

But I couldn't let