Alice clung on to him and pressed her face into his chest. She could barely speak, or even think of how to tell him what was wrong, for everything was wrong. Noah had lifted her up and dropped her. Her family had dropped her. She had lost her name and had stopped belonging to herself. Tobias frightened her and he despised her. She felt alone. She was the center or slander. There was a baby growing inside of her that felt like some parasite invading her. She was not her own anymore. She sobbed and let out a muffled wail.