Lolilpop2004

The room was too quiet. So much so that even the drops of water slowly falling from the edge of the bath sounded like a countdown.

- You realise that hiding here is pointless... - his voice came out of the darkness, soft, almost tender.

The girl didn't answer. She sat with her knees hugging, squeezed into the cold porcelain, as if trying to become part of the bathroom, disappear, dissolve in the shadows. The light barely touched her face, making her eyes glassy, empty.

Click.

A thin ray of light cut through the darkness.

He picked up the camera.

- Look at me.

She slowly looked up. Reluctantly. With effort, as if this movement was causing pain.

- Okay... - he said almost in a whisper. - That's right.

Click.