**KIMBERLY'S POINT OF VIEW**

"Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!" I let out a piercing scream, my voice echoing off my room walls, as I caught a glimpse of my reflection in the mirror. Staring back at me was a girl utterly consumed by shock and disbelief.

I couldn't wrap my mind around how everything had unfolded; the bewildering series of events played in my head like a broken record, and to make matters worse, He had even been laughing throughout the entire ordeal.

I desperately wished this was all just a dream—an absurd, nightmarish scenario that I could simply wake up from, brush off, and laugh about later. If only I could shake off...