Symphony of Deceit

But it was Dominic who had told Cleo to slap herself.

She honestly couldn't figure him out. It felt like, starting a few years back, they had lost the ability to communicate at all.

He always stood by and refused to understand her pain. She struggled in the mud, slowly learning to live without help.

"It hurts. Let me go!" She couldn't fight him off, and the pain left her drenched in cold sweat.