Vanessa
I jump to my feet.
The chair scrapes backward with a thud.
"Excuse me..." I murmur.
I don't even know if they can hear me. I leave. I walk quickly... Too quickly.
The hallway blurs; I can't see. I'm not thinking, I just... need to get out. The bathroom.
I push open the door... And as soon as I'm alone... It shatters. Everything. I place both hands on the sink, tilt my head, try to breathe, but I can't. No air comes in.
"No..." I whisper.
My chest rises and falls. But it's not enough.
I feel like I'm suffocating, literally. Like something is crushing me from the inside.
"Breathe..." I tell myself. "Breathe..."
But it doesn't work.
My hands tremble. My eyes fill with tears. And then... They fall. The first one, hot, slow. It trickles down my cheek and with it
