@umbrafiel sent : ( 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐃𝐄 ) ; one muse opens up to the other about a traumatic experience.
SHE'S BEEN RUNNING FOR WHAT FEELS like a lifetime . middle of the night , she'd packed whatever she could and ran with the intentions of finding a convent that would take her . a convent where she could hide herself and avoid anything to do with the man her parents were forcing on her . the bruise had still been fresh when she'd climbed out of her bedroom window and met a cab JUST DOWN THE STREET so that she wouldn't be caught .
and now she finds herself sitting in a bar counting her pennies because she doesn't want to use her debit card for fear that her family will track her . it sounds crazy . she knows it's a crazy thought . knows that they probably don't care quite that much , that they've already decided to disown her by now . her phone stopped ringing FOUR DAYS AGO and she's been thankful that she controlled her own account instead of adding herself to her father's .
at first she's sure that she's talking to herself , trying to sort through everything going through her head , fingers pressing gently against the bruise fading under her eye , still smarts and still brings a panic building in her chest . " my fault , huh ? and HERE I THOUGHT men were supposed to take care of their women , supposed to love them . so much for that . " it's not until she hears the clink of a glass that doesn't belong to her that she realizes she's not alone , that someone seems to be listening intently to whatever she's rambling about .
a sip of her glass of wine before she turns her attention to the stranger , almost over eager to tell her story out loud because she needs that validation , needs to know that she was right in thinking SHE WAS BEING DONE WRONG . " i'm sorry ... i know i must sound like a right , loon . just got out of a bad relationship and crappy family situation . apparently i was being too much by just asking questions . catholics , am i right ? "










