ISABELLE

I woke up with a start, my head throbbing as if someone had taken a hammer to it.

My vision blurred, the moment I opened it.

I was on the floor…on a mattress.

I winced as I tried to sit up.

I looked around and I saw that I was in a small room.

There was a table and a chair and the rest of the room was empty.

I could see a toilet at the end of the room.

There were a small window on the wall and a door.

“Where am I?”, the question echoed in my head.

I wasn’t tied down, but the absence of restraints...