Sunk
I wouldn’t mention any other grades because the rest got failing marks..
She covered her ears as if trying to block out that professor’s stringent voice from repeating over and over in her head. Alone in her room, she sat in the darkness, wondering if perhaps the utter silence and stillness of her surroundings held the answers she had missed.
I can’t fail… I can’t fail… I can’t fail… I can’t fail…
She squeezed her eyes shut but the red mark on her test booklet glared menacingly behind her closed lids. She dimly heard her father knocking on her door asking her if she had already eaten but her mind can’t seem to get over the failure. Her cellphone was also ringing but she ignored it. Her heart seemed to be getting crushed under the heavy burden of defeat… it tasted so bitter in her mouth.
She looked to her bedside table, a glass of water stood there and almost completely unseen is a small white tablet. Read the rest of this entry »
