You think I want to?! scream her eyes, in place of a mouth that can't do more than grit its teeth in futile defiance. She doesn't want to go back there, to climb up onto the stage and tell some new horrible story.

But she doesn't get a choice. Her legs are moving without her say so, trying to sidestep Carolina's efforts to block her, over and over again until she instead suddenly shoves past her with force beyond her control.