TERESA

My fingers’ knots had whitened from how tightly I held the phone in my hand. This man just made me lose absolutely everything, even control over my life. My job was all I had left in this world.

I had been walking alone since forever. I never knew my parents. My past was a mystery to me, and I had little knowledge of it. All I remembered was that I had a terrible water phobia.

And for this very reason, I could not say that I was not grateful to this man for saving me from certain ...