It's the end

SERENA

He was not the Hayden I knew. He was someone else. A scary monster, who could threaten and kill anyone. How did I ever become close to him?

Never in my life have I cried so much in fear, not even when I grew up alone without knowing about the cruel world. All I did was gather the strength and step forward. For the first time, I couldn’t muster up the courage to do anything. It was not just about fighting or quarreling over something. It was the matter of life and death, which I couldn’t take easily.

Because of me, my friends’ lives were at stake and all I could do was nothing but to keep quiet. Above everything, the feelings that I developed for that monster were killing me. Meeting Hayden was regrettable.

I ran my fingers through my hair and started to pull them in frustration while letting out screams as I couldn’t stop thinking about Hayden and uncle Otis. My head started to ache so badly but I needed the pain that could take over the agony in my heart.

“Why me?” I kept repe