Chapter 24

Charlotte tossed and turned in bed unable to fall asleep, she had gone to bed an hour ago under the pretext of resting, but so far it had not happened, her mind was full of very uncomfortable images and she kept thinking about what happened in that office.

I could have died, he thought expressionlessly; the truth is that he was making a real effort not to go crazy every time he remembered that fact.

Unable to follow the course of those thoughts, she got out of bed and looked around her; although there was still some light outside coming through the blinds, she had turned on a lamp; she was sure she could not sleep surrounded by so much darkness. Despite the dim light, her eyes swept over every inch of the place; the walls were a light pink color, there were some pictures of flowers adorning the walls, a shelf in a corner showed a small library with various other interesting