I called as I entered the quiet and seemingly empty apartment. I’d slipped away early when Drake messaged me that something went down in the Commons while Alley had been doing laundry. The bathroom door was closed, so I tried the handle. Locked. “Alley.” I pounded on the bathroom door. When she still didn’t answer, I slipped a pin into the hole and pushed the door open. Alley sank down into the full bathtub until only her face remained above the water, half concealed by her messy hair. Not messy. I squinted at her. “What happened?” A tear rolled down her face and she slipped completely under the water. “Alley.” I reached into the water and pulled her above the surface. She bit her bottom lip for an instant before a sob broke free. I pushed the hair out of her face and noticed that her eyebrows were gone, and her hair was half chopped off.
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