Esmeralda

Nightmares.

Despite being at peace with my new life, I was disturbed by nightmares.

Nightmares during the day, nightmares during the night and even in my sleep.

It haunted me everywhere I went, lurking in the dark, seeking the slightest opportunity to pounce on me.

It was so real, I almost had a panic attack.

No matter how I try to dismiss it, her face keeps coming to my mind.

It was stuck there, I couldn't erase it.

Her face, her screams, her half-dead look, her measured words, her cold stare. All of it.

They lived rent-free in my head.

It was so vivid, so clear, it was like...