Chapter 8. Erotic Dream

FELIX

My eyes were fixed directly on Suzie’s still form. She lay in bed, wrapped in the sheets, her eye bags puffed from crying her eyes out. Seeing her bawl her eyes out like that invocked a new emotion I never knew I had.

Empathy.

The strings in my heart had been tugged so hard, just from seeing her cry and it hurt my very being. I let out a sigh as I watched her eyes twitch and her brows furrow like she was in some kind of pain.

Asher had mention earlier that she may have sustained some major injuries from her father beating her everyday and I hoped that wasn’t case. If it was, then her father would pay gravely for laying his hands.

I rose up from the chair and walked slowly up to the queen sized bed. I brushed my hands against Suzie’s cheeks and watched her flinch from my touch. My heart melted as I stared at her. I could not imagine why I had done those horrible things to her, and why I had suddenly developed stronger feelings for her.

Was it