Beyond Mercy

Sylvie was sitting on the bedroom floor when her phone buzzed.

She didn't know how long she'd been there. Long enough that her back ached and the room had gone fully dark and nobody had come to turn on a light. She'd sat down after coming upstairs and just stayed there, her back against the bed frame, her knees pulled to her chest, staring at nothing.

The phone screen lit up the dark.

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