Chapter 90

With a faint flicker, the light suddenly went out, plunging the room into darkness. Outside, the city was equally blanketed in the black of night, as though a citywide power outage had hit! Lately, the entire nation had been experiencing power shortages, so rolling blackouts were being put into effect everywhere. Sometimes it would last an hour or two, and other times the power would be out overnight. In the silence, only the faint glowing ember of his cigarette provided an intermittent red light. Eliza remained motionless, fearful of this kind of eerie darkness. Suddenly, the red glow from his cigarette also disappeared, and a feeling of oppression and suffocation surged over Eliza. She took two quick steps back, her heels touching the wall. His breath can be heard next, followed by his chin resting heavily against her forehead. The pressure gave Eliza a throbbing headache. She tried to push him away, but his body pressed firmly against hers, pinning her to the wall. "Do you know? I h