Chapter 274

Fiona Barnett’s shoulders started to shake, almost like she was being pulled back into something she’d rather forget. Delia Fleming noticed right away and quickly reached for her hand, her voice soft and comforting. "It’s okay. If you really don't want to talk about it, you don’t have to." It was clear Fiona had gone through hell. Right now, she reminded Delia so much of how she’d been when she’d just returned. Back then, Delia would freeze up the moment someone mentioned the hospital. Every night was filled with nightmares. The kind of fear they’d both been through—only someone who’d lived it would understand. Fiona took a shaky breath, trying to pull herself together. "No, it’s okay, sis. I want to say it. I need to." Delia was about to stop her, say it wasn't necessary, but Fiona had already started speaking, her voice calm but distant. Turns out, she really had been locked up for almost eleven years. From the day she entered that strange school, she never got to leave. She’d been t