Chapter 5

I gasped for air, my mouth hanging open like a fish out of water.

Panic welled up inside me, threatening to burst out, and finally, I screamed, “No! Don’t touch me!”

Carter was startled by my sudden scream and let go of me.

I scrambled back to the corner, clutching my torn clothes and pleading desperately.

“Please, I swear I won’t bother Carter anymore. Just let me go…”

He slowly advanced toward me, his lips moving as if he were speaking, but I couldn’t hear anything.

It felt like I was back in that nightmare.

They had crushed my last shred of dignity, bit by bit.

I couldn’t go through that again.

Summoning the last of my strength, I grabbed a fruit knife from the table and aimed it at my chest.

“Lindsey!”

I saw the horror in Carter’s eyes, but I just smiled.

There was no pain at all.

Only a sense of relief I’d never felt before.

......

Unfortunately, I missed.

I didn’t die.

When I woke up, I was already in the hospital.

A few tall, unfamiliar men stood outside the ro