The part when the explanation begins.

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Cecelia's POV-

I stare out into the dark room, stale hot air and an occasional rat keep me company.

I hear footsteps, the first I've heard in hours... Or days?

I'm unsure.

Time seems less real down here and instead feels like an obscure concept.

I can't if the time seems to pass slower down here.

All I can tell is that I'm alive and that I'm not going to be let go anytime soon.

"Cecelia." Leo calls.

The lights turn on and make my corneas feel the pits of hell.

"Sorry, that was a bit abrupt." He laughs, shifting akwardly.

"You're damn skippy." I manage.

"I sure do love your sense of humor." He chuckles.

"I'd be more fun if I wasn't locked away." I try.

He cocks his eyebrow before laughing.

"I had to ask." I shrug.

"I know." He stops laughing and offers me water.

I suckle it greedily.

After I am done he takes it.

"I have to tell you some things but I want you to actually listen." He says.

"Why?" I say skeptically.

"Just- please, Cecelia. Do you have to be so goddamn difficult all the time?" He yells.

I fight back the strong urge to say yes.

"Well, my schedule seems to be cleared so..." I laugh dryly.

"Well okay then.  It all begun when we were kids..."

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