Chapter 96

KRISTEN

Moths are beautiful insects.

I smiled as I watched them play around the street lamp, each one fighting to perch on the surface.

I had left June with Edith in the kitchen. A great surprise how they weren't tearing at each other's throats. Well, I can confirm that June has grown a lot more these past weeks.

That is what pain does...

It delivers you into the cold hands of trauma, letting her print her trademarked symbol all over; then the pain comes back at you with a force that leaves you breathless, struggling to survive, struggling to breathe and carry out your daily tasks...

After coming out—if you ever do—it would feel like you had scaled depressing years of understanding over Forty-three courses on the study of life.

And just when you think you are finally gaining experience, you realize that you are yet to finish all the courses...

It's a good thing Edith is downstairs to keep June company. I was already feeling choked, hence the need for me to rush upstairs to take fresh