ALANA

“Are you happy now? Is this what you really want to happen? To see your own family who nurtured you throughout the whole of your existence beg for their lives back?! Is this what you really want, Alana?!”

I just looked at my stepmother from where I was standing in front of the office while she’s down on her knees beside the door.

She decided to camp here the whole day starting yesterday to beg me to let Sophia go. She wants all the people in the state to know how hard my heart is by kneeling outside and without anything to eat and drink. I don’t really think...