Unbearable Truths

Thorne

Don’t shift, don’t shift, don’t shift. I think manically. Clara needs you.

Listening to Clara recount her childhood always makes me furious, but this time is worse than all the others. I’ve suspected that Clara suffered terrible traumas for some time now, but before this night I’d been able to pacify my outrage with the hope that I’m wrong.

No longer.

As Clara speaks, I wonder how she coul