Chapter 11: Regaining My Faith

I sit on the bed, lost in thought, the thick duvet wrapped snugly around me like a shield I desperately need. My breaths are deep and shaky, as if each one is a battle I’m fighting with myself. The room feels quieter than usual, almost oppressively so, as though it knows I’m trying to confront something I’ve been running from.

This… this whole issue has gone too far.

Extremely too far.

It’s spiraled into something I can no longer control, like a ...