I was numb. Emotionally, physically, and psychologically I felt battered and bruised beyond my compatibility to withstand it. The growing uneasiness that filled me, caused my knees to finally buckle from beneath me. Suddenly, I found myself dropping to the floor as though gravity had pushed me down. I couldn’t believe what had just happened. I didn’t want to believe it. That sudden attack was something I had only ever witnessed when watching those old horror movies with my mom. Never did I think that something so horrific would ever find its way into my life. An overwhelming sensation of surrealism washed over me, making everything around me feel distorted and nightmarish. The only problem was that it was real. Everything from the broken furniture right down to the bloody dagger tha

