Page 87 of Her Sloth

Because nothing else matters.

Nothing, but her.

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CASS

PLAYLIST: I WANTED(ED) TO DIE – CLEFFY

Iopen my eyes.

I don’t know where I am.

Bright light makes it impossible for me to see anything.

I’m moving.

Something is moving.

“Conscious,” says someone.

There is something on my face.

Mask.

No.

I want to move.

But I can’t.

Addy.

“ADDY!” I scream.

And scream.

And scream.

Until everything becomes pitch black.

Pain surges through me, and I scream out.

I open my eyes.

A room in white.

Monitors beeping.

Hospital.

“No,” I gasp out.

Someone looks at me.

Someone in scrubs.

“Where is she?” I ask with a croaky voice as a hollow sensation consumes me. I can’t do this a second time. I can’t⁠—