The Adrenaline

Renata shook her head and tears kept falling down her face. “He left me alone in my room and he went outside. He started hitting Sev. Oh, the sound of punches and his groans. I couldn’t bear to hear it. I kept shouting from my room that everything was my fault, yet he never heard me. I kept shouting at him to leave Sev alone but all I could hear was Sev’s groans and Michel’s punches.”

“Is that why Sev’s face is…” asked Sameeksha.

“Yes, all because Michel hit him,” said Renata. “That whole day I kept crying while sitting at my door. I could not do anything to help Sev. I couldn’t calm Michel down. When the punches died down, I thought Michel would come for me, but no one came. Not even for food, not even for water.

“After my tears dried up after crying for hours, I went to the bathroom and saw my red, puffed face. I washed my face with water and the next time I saw water in my hands, I drank it. I was so thirsty that I drank tap water. Finally, something was going inside my stomach.