Breathe. Kelsey closed her eyes and let the hot water drizzle
over her. The shower heating up she felt the steam engulf her and transport her
to an isolated world. Even as her skin began to redden from the heat she
blindly reached for the nozzle to turn the temperature up. It didn’t matter how
high it was, she couldn’t feel it anyway. She was in shock. It had been an
incomprehensible day and as the steam built up past her numb wet body billowing
over the top of the shower doors, she inhaled deeply and reminded herself
again; breathe.
The tiny
bathroom filled with thick moist clouds causing the glaring fluorescent to fade
to an uneven haze. Kelsey leaned back allowing the scalding water to wash
across her face, stinging her eyes, but still she felt nothing. Behind her
unopened eyelids she began to see. The faces floated up coming into focus,
staring at her. Faces she knew. Faces she would never forget. The fear, pain
and disbelief mirrored there contorted them into horribly disfigured creatures
watching her. Her eyes shot open and looked forward at the shiny tiled of the
wall in front of her. She looked at it, through it, unseeing. The wall wasn’t
there, all she could see were the faces.
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