“Why did you get put in here, Belle?”
Samantha asks.
I don't answer for a long time, but when I
do I try not to put too much emotion into
my answer, “Female hysteria.” The words
roll off my tongue distastefully.
She stares at me with observant eyes,
making me slightly uncomfortable. “You
don't seem that crazy to me.”
I stared back at her and it felt like a huge
weight had been lifted off me, “Thank you.”
YOU ARE READING
Corruption
Short StoryFirst book in The Lunacy trilogy: Sent to an Asylum to be treated for Female hysteria. Isabelle just wanted to dance and live her own life, but they didn't agree with that and now she must learn to survive in the place where the darkness lurks- awai...
