Chapter 18 - Love Songs

The darkness was pieced by a thin slit of light and then the pounding and pain began to throb in her head. Sarah could hear the sounds of the stereo blaring Kesha’s latest tune about love and drugs and every pulse of the bass sent pain through the back of her head like she was being kicked. For several moments she could not tell where she was. She was lying prone on her stomach but didn’t feel comfortable like in her plush bed or on the leather sofa she so often fell asleep on in front of the TV. The pressure on her shoulders and neck felts as if she were being forced down onto the surface she was lying on. Her eyes continued to open and she saw the carnage around her. Panic raced through her body. Blood spilled around her and she had no idea if it were hers. She was unable to get free from her confines.

Sarah screamed immensely. The shrill of terror she ejected lasted as long as the breath in her lungs. Again, she screamed “HELP! HELP ME! PLEASE HELP!”