Chapter 2: Building Tension
Emily can feel the heat of her mother's skin against hers, and it's almost too much to bear. She wants to cry, to scream, to rip herself away from this living nightmare. But she can't. Instead, she sits frozen, her mind racing as she searches for a way out of this mess.
Margaret, normally so composed, is starting to lose it. Her heart is racing, her breath coming in quick little gasps. She knows that this is just the beginning - soon enough, people will start staring, pointing, laughing.
And worse than that, what if they can't get unstuck? What if they have to live like this forever? The thought makes her want to scream.
Emily feels the heat rise in her cheeks, hot and shameful. Her gaze drops to the floor, embarrassment flooding through her. How could this happen to her? It's absurd, surreal - she can hardly believe it's really happening. And yet here she is, stuck to her mother like some kind of macabre joke.