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“What do you want?” I whisper.
There’s so much I don’t remember from my time in the shadows, but I feel as if my mind is tired of hiding it from me.
Yanking back my head as he pulls my hair, the orderly gets in my face. I can smell his sour breath and my eyes water.
“The director told me your father is coming to visit, so you’re way too lucid. Can’t have you telling our secrets, can we?” He pulls me by my hair, and my body slides across the tiles.
We’re getting closer to the door, and something tells me that this is bad.
“Please, I won’t tell anyone. I don’t like not being able to remember!” I scream.
My memories are the only thing I have left. Hidden Hills is a prison of sorts, and I have nothing here. My baby has been taken from me, my best friend is gone, and everything is so cold…
The door is thrown open, and I whimper at the glare of white light in the hallway.
“Is Miss Andrews ready for her treatment?” the nurse asks as she walks next to him.
I may as well not exist, as I cry out at the pain. I want to tell them that my name isn’t Miss Andrews, it’s Chastity Cross. I’m nothing like my father.
“Yes. Her father is coming tomorrow, and the last thing we need is for her to tell him about how we killed Miss Evers. It’s not my fault Petra was scrolling through social media and forgot to pull her head out of the water. Now we all have to suffer with this damn signal ban around the building that the Director put in place. No calls, texts, or anything else can be placed,” the orderly complains.
The nurse sighs heavily. “I like to watch my soap operas on my breaks, and I can’t do that anymore. Let’s play with the little Andrews girl before we give her shock therapy. She’s not a virgin anymore, and no one will know,” she cajoles.
“No! No, please!” I beg. I hate when they touch me. I always feel slimy and dirty. They never let me wash afterwards, and then I end up on an antibiotic because of it.
The nurse kicks me, making me grunt in pain. I should know better by now to keep my mouth shut. But they killed Katie with their negligence, and I fear I will be next.
Electroshock therapy is tricky, and it would take only one oversight to make me lose a memory I cherish.
What if I lost Angel forever, even in my mind?
“I didn’t realize it was that time,” another nurse says mildly as I’m dragged down the hallway.
Visitors have to put their intention to visit in writing and in advance, so they aren’t privy to the horrors that occur here. Hidden Hills Institute is the perfect place to hide a family member that doesn’t quite fit the mold, but no one talks about what happens here.
I can’t say anything because I’ll end up drooling all over myself after my therapy and the medication. Honestly, that’s how the staff prefer it.
The nurse walking next to me shrugs. “Her father put in a request to see her. He said something about how her grandmother was complaining that she’s already been here almost a year without any real change. I don’t think anyone told her that no one really gets better here.”
They laugh like it’s the funniest thing in the world, while tears run down my face. Maybe my grandmother will be the reason I finally get out of here. I’ll do anything to prove I can be a good girl.
A door to my left opens, and the orderly says, “Miss Andrews has been a pain in the ass recently, so I want her to feel the results of her actions every time she sits for a bit. Even while she’s drooling on herself.”
The orderly stands me up, shoving me into the room I find myself in at least once a month. Others have it worse than I do… but my screams and theirs still find a way to haunt me…
Gasping,I open my eyes and scream when I see a worried face above me.
“Please, please, not again. I’ll be good, don’t hurt me,” I cry, pushing him away from me and scrambling to my feet.
“Chastity!” Levi roars. “What is with these nightmares?”
Shaking my head, my trembling fingers rise to my lips. Bile begins to climb as memory after memory about how I was violated over the year I was at Hidden Hills crashes over me.
Whirling around, I race for the bathroom. My knees hit the tile hard as I puke into the toilet.
I deeply regret every bite of my food with Tempest now. Ugh, so gross.
Tears race down my face, and I’m sobbing as I throw up. Wiping my hand over my nose, I cry harder because I’m a gross mess.
