Epilogue

I seethe bright lights and my mother’s beautiful face. Wanting to be with her, where pain can no longer find me. She turns me away, saying, “Sky, it’s not your time yet, baby. There’s still so much more for you.”

“Skylar. Skylar.” Fingers are snapping in my face, breaking the spell I was in. “The only way you’ll be able to get out of here is if you participate.”

Looking around at all the white, it hurts my eyes with how bright everything is. And the smell of bleach will forever be burned into my nose hairs.

“What are you thinking about, Skylar?

I still don’t respond to him, the therapist that has been assigned to me here. I got involuntary admission for self-harm. Which just means I’m stuck here until they decide that I’m better and won’t try anything like that again.

The timer for this session goes off, indicating that our time is up. Standing up and walking to the door, I don’t even wait to hear what the therapist has to say.

I walk face first into a hard chest. Looking up, the first thing I see is a smirk. Then I look into his eyes; they are so blue, like ocean water. A slight pain pangs in my chest.

He moves to the side, letting me pass, but not before he grabs my hand. I feel the electricity in that touch.

“Don’t I know you?”

TO BE CONTINUED...

In Metamorphosis, book two of The Butterfly Effect Duet.