I shouldn't have done this. Any of this. I shouldn't have come here hoping Akeehla would give me another chance. I shouldn't have pushed her so hard. I definitely shouldn't have lied to her sister.
Drugging her drink was the biggest mistake of my life. I should have just let Akeehla go after I rejected her. It was stupid of me to think that she would so easily give me a second chance.
I just wanted Akeehla to relax. She always looks so on edge. Even when I saw her that night, she looked like that. I thought that it was just because of everything she had gone through. It had only been two months since she'd been rescued. Apparently, Akeehla has never known a moment of relaxation since her kidnapping. I should have known that sooner.
The night that I had seen Akeehla was supposed to be th
