ELENA'S POV;

"So you're saying you were sick? How did you manage to heal from that sickness?" Jessie asked and I smiled.

"I don't know if it's entirely gone. It's not something I got all of a sudden. It was due to the constant physical and sexual abuses that I underwent. I hated seeing blood or anything horrific, I barely breathed those times. I still have that phobia but I don't feel the pain anymore, and I don't have shortage of breath like I used to. It's there but it's way better than before."

"How did you know you had this symptom though? Back when you were in Gretchen's house?...