Chapter 63 Steps To Healing

• I knew as soon as I came to consciousness that I had slept more than I should have. First, the body I slept holding was no longer in my arms. Second, the silence was pregnant. I peeled my eyes open to lock them on dark eyes that were lifeless, an endless pit of pain and suffering. Something tugged in me and I didn't dare move.
• Serene had shifted to the very edge of the bed, staring right at me in a way that made me think that she wasn't really seeing me. She was in her head, reliving the nightmare she had gone through. There was nothing I could do to get her out. For then, I would leave her there, drowning.
• I made slow movements to not startle her, rolling out the bed. I walked around to the bathroom where I brushed my teeth and took a shower. Serene wouldn’t leave, she wouldn't run, she was dealing with far too much to think of escaping from the cabin. I dressed up then walked out to find her right where I left her. I wish I knew how to help her. All I knew was I, myself, had wanted no one talking to me or near me. I would give her space, but first….I knelt by the edge of the bed, looking at her.