บท 52: Chapter 51

Pain.

There's so much pain.

Everywhere.

There is just no escape from it.

I want to run and hide. I want to do anything that could help me cut it out. I know the pain pathways and I wish I could cut them off.

I just want it to stop.

All this grief and sorrow: it's making this pain even more intense.

Everywhere there is just pain and darkness.

I never knew that it could hurt so much.

What was I anyway? A mere woman. What was my crime to deserve so much torment? What did I ever do? I was a normal ordinary person. My parents didn't want me because I was girl so they gave me away. My uncle and aunt raised me to be a good woman.

I was good. I helped everyone that I could. I showed kindness and enthusiasm.

But was that enough? No it wasn't.

What did I get in return for being good? All this pain and hurt. I didn't deserve any of it.

Annie?

I listened as my voice of reason came.

'What?'