Chapter 64

AUTHOR'S POV.EVA]

She sat on the bed, feeling the compass pendant in her pocket, staring at the wall but seeing nothing. She was alone.

Alone.

Eva hated the word, hated that she had been trapped in its cold embrace since her life fell apart.

Having to look after their sick mother, peeping out the window, hoping the footsteps she heard and loud bang on the door were Lily's and not the loan sharks.

But she always ended up disappointed, for they would be there, the buffy men, waiting to pounce on the first head that would walk out the door.

Lily always got that covered, chained the door, and warned her, 'Call me immediately you see them; do not say a word until they leave."

And it kept her alive, safe and locked in, that for some time, she forgot how dangerous the men were and spat at them whenever they banged at the door more forcefully than they should.

But one day, they suddenly stopped coming, but if anyone expected it to return to normal, t