TERESA

I felt my tears were so dry and hot at the same time, leaving dreadful traces into my soul. Struggling to breathe felt like a heavy war, with thousands of people fighting and killing each other. That was a strange comparison.

I could still feel the cold water invading all of me, taking away the heat from my heart just as fast as the wind did when I desperately rose to the surface for a gasp of life. Water has been my nemesis for as long as I could remember. My fears had been weighing on ...