I drive home and run upstairs. I make sure to lock my apartment and my bedroom door. I do not want to risk being followed. I am so creeped out and uncomfortable. Only now I realize the seriousness of the situation. I feel like I have been manipulated into falling for this man who is not even human. I am disgusted. I am heart broken. I don’t feel safe in my own apartment anymore. I have to get away. Far away. As far as possible. I don’t feel like I can trust anyone right now. The one person I trusted has betrayed that trust. I need some time to heal. So, I decide to run away. I do not want to tell anyone where I am going. Telling someone can risk Xavier finding me. He promised to stay away from me, but he has lied before, and something tells me that he was lying then. Why did I follow this
