Cautious

"How are you feeling, Alisha? Are your feet feeling better now?" Mary asked, smiling as she once again changed the bandage.

A week had already passed, and somehow Mary and Alisha were holding up well together, but Alice hadn't come to disturb them. Alisha was just resting due to her injuries.

Mary was glad that Alisha was slowly returning to her usual self. She was healing—her wounds, her eyes—everything now looked happier than when she found Alisha at that monstrous mansion.

"I'm feeling better, Mother. I think I should start going to college now. It's already been over a week, and I'm missing out on a lot," Alisha said. She no longer felt the pain in her feet.

Since the day she left Alice's house, she had been getting nightmares, but they were slowly changing.

She enjoyed being with the kids and Mary's company. Slowly, things started to feel better. She didn't know how long this feeling would last because she still felt paranoid about what might happen if he came back and did someth