Shi Xiao Nian fell to her knees, trembling. Her strength fled her limbs and she found herself unable to stand.
So that wasn't a dream. Why else would the man in her dream appear in reality? There was only one explanation. It wasn't a dream at all. What she thought was a nightmare had actually occurred in reality.
No. Shi Xiao Nian had known that it wasn't a dream. She had long since realized that something was amiss. She had known that the whole ordeal felt too real to be a dream. Yet the event was so traumatic that she ended up being in complete denial. The psychological scars almost caused her mind to shut down, and as a coping mechanism, she convinced herself that everything was a dream. That the assault was not real.
Tears welled up her eyes and she raised a shaking hand to clutch at her face, trembling violently.
"I…I was…" sexually assaulted…by this man…how could this be possible?
