Sienna

I didn't step out from my mum's house.

I didn’t step foot in school for a whole week.

A whole week of silence.

A whole week of pretending I wasn’t breaking inside.

A whole week of ignoring Jaxon’s calls, messages, voice notes—everything.

A whole week of barely replying Kendra because even she didn’t know how to comfort me anymore.

My birth mum let me stay in her house. She barely let me out of her sight.

Every morning she checked my phone before giving it to me.

Every afternoon she made sure I ate something even when my stomach felt like it was tied in knots.

Every night she...