263 The magic of games

When Charlotte realized Ben looked at her phone, her heart sped up!

Her face was pale. 'He knows...he knows that I...play video games...'

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Games were very important to her. After the incident at school in her youth, she had stopped speaking...to everyone.

Closed off from the world, it was as if Charlotte was stuck in quicksand, and regardless of how many psychologists her parents sent her to, no one managed to help her. At least, that was the case, until one creative doctor suggested video games, and from that day forward, the mute traumatized girl found an escape.

Somehow, while playing, she was able to get relief. Inside another avatar, it was like she could look past her issues, and soon, the virtual world became a place she felt safe in, a home where she could open up.