Chapter 284: Echoes Beneath the Snowline
At the Same Time
Sophia didn't trust that the woman wouldn't attack her anymore. She didn't trust that one mistake she made wouldn't make the woman annoyed.
"Oh." The woman said, her voice soft all of a sudden. "Sophia…"
She looked around the room.
Like she was seeing everything for the first time.
"What… what have I done?" she asked herself, her voice cracking around the edges as tears filled her eyes. But if the tears were fake or not, Sophia didn't know.
The woman rushed forward, kneeling in front of Sophia, who flinched, shielding herself as she shook uncontrollably. Everything she did filled her with pain. Even crying was painful. Her cheeks hurt, her chest hurt, her legs hurt, even her eyes hurt from her trying to keep them open.
"Oh my baby," the woman whispered desperately. "My sweet baby girl, I'm so sorry. I don't know what came over me."
Sophia shrank into herself, curling into the corner of the bed.
