Chapter 020

LORRAINE

I awoke with a start. Not a start but with a sudden realization that there was something that I was supposed to do that I hadn't yet done. I still felt groggy, encompassed in my state of deep exhaustion. With half-open eyes, I looked up at the worn-out clock that was fixed on the wall. It was already a quarter to ten. What the hell? I was already late for school? So what was the whole point of waking up early? I scrambled down in panic, falling clumsily to the ground in a bundle of nerves and anxiety.

The anxiety was eating me up alive from the inside. What the hell was I even doing? I could hardly breathe. It took me a moment before I could gather myself. I rushed to the wardrobe to look through it. Not that I had clothes to choose from anyway, which made dressing up a whole lot easier. I closed my eyes and sighed. Panicking wasn't going to get anything solved. I was already a mess as it is. I hurried into my faded pair of jeans and pushed my top over my head. It was a str