When her friend calls to check in, Tori is asked a simple question. We hear everything she would say: the anxiety, the feeling of being trapped inside her own mind and body, the exhaustion of it all. But when the moment comes, she says nothing. She never does.
Tori Daniels
Tori
Paul James
Man on Phone
When her friend calls to check in, Tori is asked a simple question. We hear everything she would say: the anxiety, the feeling of being trapped inside her own mind and body, the exhaustion of it all. But when the moment comes, she says nothing. She never does.
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