“What is wrong?” Her voice sounded distant and strange, almost distorted by all of the thick layers of her glasses.

Sophie remained silent and continued to stare at the floor, her eyes fixed on the cracks on the concrete floor.

“What is wrong? Are you alright?” The girl repeated.

Sophie let out a small sigh as she lifted her head to look at the stranger and noticed the concerned expression etched onto her face.

Slowly, she raised a shaky hand towards her face, pulling down the sunglasses slowly. Then she froze, not realizing what she was doing until she saw the confused expression on the stranger’s face.

“What happened? Why...