I shut the door with a bang, locking it as fast as I possibly could, before I dared to relax, before I dared to lean against it and catch my breath. My heart was thudding wildly in my chest, reminding me of the way that a cartoon characters heart would beat on the television, but I knew that mine didn’t look as animated.
I had barely started to gain more control over my emotions when there was a loud knock on my door, the doorknob turning beside me. I jumped away from the door, turning towards it as if I had been burnt. Had there really been that little distance between the two of us? I found it difficult to believe.
“Let me in, Hera.”
“Why? So that you can throw around some more false accusations? You don’t even know what you’re saying, yet you keep saying it.”
I balled
