Dangerous Games by R L Weeks & Erin Lee

Author:R L Weeks & Erin Lee [Weeks, R L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-18T18:30:00+00:00

SIXTEEN

You need to get out of here.

I woke up covered in sweat and felt the comforting pull of the cover next to me. Sylvia was sound asleep. Her expression was softer when she slept. She always had a wrinkle between her eyebrows coupled with anxious eyes when awake.

I pulled my hair into a ponytail, sat on the edge of the bed, and wept silently as the familiar pains shot through my left arm, chest, and neck.

You’re going to die. You’re having a heart attack.

“No!” I whispered to the voice in my head.

Can’t you feel the pain? It’s signs of a heart attack.

I’m too young—I told myself.

Charles is dead. He was young, like you.

The panic seized me. I was caught in a web of anxiety I couldn’t escape. I’m going to feel this way forever. It’ll never go away. The doctors were wrong. They’re not panic attacks. There’s something really wrong!

I couldn’t breathe. I reached for my throat, my sobs growing heavier and the heaviness pushing on my chest. My heart pounded in my ears as I tried to swallow, but I couldn’t.

“Help!” I squeaked into the darkness. “Help!”

I felt Sylvia before I heard her.

“What’s wrong?”

I broke into tears, clinging onto her nightshirt, hyperventilating.

“I’m… going… to… die,” I said between breaths.

I pushed her away. I wanted her, but I was claustrophobic. From her, the room, the house, even my pajamas felt too tight.

I jumped out of bed and flung open the window, breathing in the crisp, cold air. It didn’t help. I couldn’t breathe through my nose. I breathed back the snot and panicked again. Had it gone into my lungs?

The pains got worse. Shooting through my chest and arm. “Sharp pains!” I gasped. “Sharp pains!”

I felt her hand on my shoulder, and it somehow grounded me, if only a little. “It’s a panic attack, hunni. You’re going to be fine.”

“No! I’M NOT!” I screamed, pulling away from her. “This is never going away. NEVER!”

I looked out the open window to the concrete below, wondering if the fall would kill me. I didn’t want to die, but dying would remove the crippling fear once and for all.

Face your fear. It’ll be done before you know it. You won’t even feel the pain.

I was drowning, and no one could save me.

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