Chapter Seventeen: Coping Mechanisms

Sometimes in life, there comes a moment, an instance, that leads to an impulsive idea and an impetuously planned move. An idea or decision that everything in you screams to ignore. Sometimes, the human mind thinks up the most bizarre concoction of daring, deathly, and desiring.

Most people would ignore these, thinking them to be insane and impulsive, allowing their minds to steer into a completely different direction, and diverting their train of thought from such absurd thoughts. And usually, Cassidy would agree with them.

Funny how the critic had turned into the applier after one cynical incident.

The light pitter-patter of footsteps echoed across the house as Cassidy made her way to the hallway outside her bedroom. A checkered floor covered by a beige carpet met her line of sight, blue eyes rapidly trailing over the photo frames and white walls as she rushed past the other two bedrooms, her feet trailing down the staircase.