Chapter 31

ALICE'S POV

“ Alice. Alice are you listening? ” Mom called me for the nth time.

I could hear her. I could hear her voice clearly but her words failed to register in my mind. There was a constant ringing in my ears which made me feel like I was here but not here at the same time.

Mom walked closer to me after watching me standing still in the middle of the corridor. She must have come here after I did not return for half an hour.

During this past half an hour, all I did was to stand here like a statue, feeling numb out of my mind.

My mind kept repeating the same words over and over again. Guilt drowned me worse than it ever did. It was all because of me that Damien did not let my father get the surgery on time.

What did I do? I tried to gulp down the lump that was stuck in my throat, but it was not possible anymore.

Mom touched my forearm worriedly and I stumbled back, fin