EPISODE 26

HAYLE S POV

I laid on my side. My eyes wide opened in the complete darkness; it wasn't like I had many options to it; as a matter of fact, I was just as helpless; my sanity was teetering on the edge, and my hope and thoughts on how to save my mother kept dwindling.

There was nothing that could be done; I was weak and hopeless, but most of all, seeing how things had begun unfolding these past few days really did bother me.

Was I entirely sure I wanted a child born into situations like this? Where I couldn't even afford to get his drugs, of course I wasn't lazy; I would work several jobs, odd or part-time if I couldn't find office work, but then what were the long term plans on how to afford the bills and get myself together, sending a child to school?

Besides, would it ever be safe in a country where the maniac Giovanni stayed?

I couldn't risk the odds, that as much as I hoped Giovanni would some day wake up and grow bored of me or have no interest, none of it was happening, and a