Advice

CELESTE

The cold floorboards offered no comfort as I sat there in the quiet aftermath of my own humiliation. The heavy echo of Declan's footsteps had faded down the corridor, leaving behind a silence so thick it felt hard to breathe. The sharp pain in my scraped palms throbbed in time with my racing heartbeat. I pulled my knees to my chest, careful not to jostle my bruised arm, and let the tears