Chapter Ten(20)
‘Who are you? Are you one of them?’
Cecy heard whispers from the darkness. She tried to turn around, search for the source of the voices, but the hands of Lydia and Alberto on either side of her, which would have given her comfort, now restricted her, locking her firmly in place. She couldn’t tell if the other two had heard the voices, but neither responded nor acted shocked.
‘Why are you here?’ The voices demanded suddenly as if recognizing her, ‘You, who should be wiped from existence for what you did——how can you how can you how can you how——’
The voices grew shriller and closer, a chorus of disembodied sounds, becoming more hysterical. Cecy shook her head, ‘No, no, this is an illusion, I didn’t do anything wrong.’
‘Lydia.’
‘What? What......’ Cecy had thought that the voices were calling for her, but the name that came out with bitterness was of the other girl, who didn’t react to the call at all.