Chapter 5

The pain suddenly stopped, and the voice spoke. ‘I apologize. That was not intentional. As I’ve mentioned, I get angry easily and I can’t always control what I do when I’m angry, sugar.’

‘You need to learn!’ Indianna shouted. ‘God, you can’t keep doing that!’

‘Go home, and I pinkie-promise that I’ll work on it.’

‘You’re crazy!’

‘Go home!’

‘No!’

‘I won’t tell you again.’

‘Tell me who you are, and I’ll go home,’ Indianna said, attempting to reason with the voice.

The voice scoffed. ‘Not happening.’

‘Then I’m not going home.’

‘I can make the pain worse, sugar. Don’t make me.’

‘You’re blackmailing me?’