I didn't sleep.Sleep refused to come, no matter how much I curled up in the narrow bedroom bed. Each time I closed my eyes, my body remembered before my mind could stop it. My skin tingled where those hands had been. My breath caught where laughter had echoed. I scrubbed my skin in the shower until it was red, until the water turned cold and my fingers trembled too much to continue.It was no use.The room smelled bad.My clothes felt bad.Even my own skin seemed to belong to someone else.I sat on the floor, my back against the bed, my knees drawn up to my chest, my arms wrapped tightly around them. My heart wasn't slowing down. It was beating too fast, too hard, as if it wanted to escape my ribcage.My body trembled uncontrollably, replaying the memory of what had happened over and over. I felt those actions replaying in my mind. I buried a hand against my throat and clutched my stomach, trying to vomit, as if that would make me feel better.I hated them.Hatred burned inside me, s
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