CHAPTER 43

DARLENE

I hadn't realized how long I had even spent there in the shower until I came out and it was already looking so bright outside.

I remember vividly that it was still early hours of the morning that I had gotten in, do early that it was still even a bit dark outside and here I was, stepping out when the morning sun was already brightly shining everywhere.

Shower time had always been this way for me because as far as I can remember, that was the only time that I seemed to get the kind of peace that I was always looking for. It gave me some time to think and reflect and just, well, relax, as the hit trickles of shower water were running down my body and warming me up, little by little.

I guess, once again, I must have forgotten myself.

Only in Frederick's house.

For some reason, a part of me felt like all these was a but not decent, but I had to make myself feel better by coming to terms with the fact that, well, nothing major has actually happened. It was only Frederick being a ge