19. MEMORY WIPE

~ISSA

I raced back to my room, my heart pounding so hard— it seemed as though it would disconnect itself from the veins connecting it to the rest of my body.

I felt like a character in a horror movie, pursued by a ghost. But in my case, I was running from something— someone who wasn’t present but whose memory haunted my entire existence.

As soon as I entered my room, I slammed the door shut so hard that the loud banging sound echoed throughout my room.

“Breathe Issa,” I whispered to myself— my hands still on the knob with my forehead resting on the door as I listened to my pounding heartbeat.

Slowly, I backed away from the door till I reached my bed and sat on it. I looked down at the key in my hand and my body trembled violently as the thought of him crossed my head again.

“Stop!” I screamed as I buried my head in my palms, trying to shut the awful voice playing in my head.

"You're worthless!" Echoes of his voice rang through my head.

"You can't do anything right!" Yelled the voic