Chapter 25. In Death Is Darkness

DOVE

I was without news for almost three hours, during which anxiety devoured me, and I had so many urges to run out and see with my own eyes what was happening. I took a deep breath to find a little patience, trying to sleep to stop thinking. I had faith that with that clue, they could discover my attacker. That doubt lingered in my mind: what if there were more of them? What if they hurt me again? Why didn’t they want to kill me? So many questions without answers.

I decided to open the gift packages to clear my mind. I opened Clarisa’s first, discovering a beautiful handmade belt. I smiled at it; it was very beautiful. I continued with another one that had no signature, but I guessed it was from my mother because it said, “For my girl.”

I was still angry with her; the time had not yet passed to be able to forgive her. Our relationship was always so complicated; her way of being was so different from mine, and we constantly clashed.

Her words affected me a