9 Secret

It was finally dawn, and the night had been a long time coming.

She seemed last night to be a controlled machine numbed by the coming of the light, a phenomenon commonly known as “time.”

She was slow to go to sleep, and she’s slow to get up now. She is afraid to start the day, and she likes to cower in her little den until her mind is confused and refuses to leave.

She dug up the last edited note, deleted it and changed it, but when she sent it, she could not convince herself to face it calmly. She could not face the backwardness of the course, could not face the inquiry ......