Chapter 7

My mother slumped by my bed, refusing to utter another word.

She just kept crying.

Watching her cry like that, I just couldn't help it—I ended up laughing out loud again.

"Jocelyn, you are really a monster," a voice rang out in my mind.

Wait, Jocelyn wasn't my name at all.

Then who was I? Who the hell was I?

Exhausted from crying, my mom finally got up and left.

When she reached the ward door, she suddenly paused, turned back with a look of fearful unease, and glanced at me.

She spoke up, "Joss, when I was coming over…