THE NIGHTMARE

Chapter 15

With a sigh, I bowed my head and allowed my forehead to touch the mirror.I had given a lot of thought to the idea of showing Valerian who he really was in the first few months after our engagement.I had attempted to make plans despite not having a cellphone at the time.As a 13-year-old girl, I had even ventured out after school to the subway train station in the hope that I would be taken seriously.A portion of the money I had saved by selling off Valerian's birthday present to me was held in my right palm.I thought as I walked that my parents might have been content to act like nothing was wrong.I wouldn't if they hadn't sold me off.My brilliant plan had been to make a movie-like 911 call from the subway payphone.I was going to tell the police what had happened that first night, give them my location, and wait for them to come get me when a police officer answered the phone.That day, I hadn't come very far.Selina had caught up to me once I was sufficiently far from school, standing si