CHAPTER NINE

The streams of light blinded Vanessa for a moment as she slowly opened her eyes, trying to make out where she was.

She sat up, immediately regretting the action, a splitting headache and wave of dizziness hitting her. She looked around her to find herself in a tiny room, her dress, purse and shoes laid sprawled on the floor.

And she looked under the duvet covering her body to find herself clad in just her bra and panties.

She crawled out of bed immediately, getting as far away from the bed as possible.

“What happened to me?” she asked herself, trying to recollect what happened the night before.

She remembered ordering a drink, while with Andrew's friend and now she wakes up half naked in a room.

Have I been raped? She though to herself, as she felt herself up, but there was no uncomfortable pain between her legs and she didn't notice any blood stains on the bed.

After sitting on the cold floor, imagining all scenarios in her head, she picked up her belongings from the floor, ready to