Chapter 84.

Alyssa's POV.

I woke up tired and weary again, my whole body sore with a dull ache from sleeping on the cold floor for too long.

A thin layer of sweat covered my skin as I struggled to sit up.

My fingers were stiff, the pain reminding me that the cold night wasn’t all that good for my joints. The door to the apartment was shut, and all I could hear was the steady pitter patter of rain against the zinc.

I tried standing and it hurt, but I managed to get my legs underneath myself before falling back down. My arms shook so much my muscles were barely functioning.

How many days had passed since he left? Too little sleep, too much thoughts.

The only times I got to think in here were when I fell asleep on the floor and dreamed of him being nice to me, not the way he treated me that way.

I sighed suddenly feeling dejected, unable to fight the feeling that came over me like a dark mist.

My throat felt thick with tears even though I desperately tried to suppress them with every fiber of my b