#Chapter113

Aftermath

Tori

The hospital released me with my parents bringing me home. I walked in and plopped down on the couch.

"What’s wrong?" Mom asked me.

"Nothing." I glanced at my bandaged arm and hand.

Dad sat next to me on the couch. "Tori, it’s okay to feel angry."

"It’s not that."

Dad looked at me with concern.

"I let my phone distract me. If I hadn’t become distracted, Tim wouldn't have hurt me." I’m more disappointed in myself than anything.

"We can ask ourselves questions all day. Tim attacked you because of his obsession. We don’t know why. We may never know the reason."

I nodded. Someone knocked...