Chapter 22

I thought I just did something wrong, I thought ... after a day or two or three I'll be out," she blinked her eyes and looked up slightly to hold back her tears. "But it was years, years before I saw the world again. Of those people, I didn't know how I lived? How did I live in that dark corner and have both wrists tied to a thick and heavy chain that I imagined I can escape from them. Even if the wind blows me away, is it still light? I sleep on a dirty, insect-infested floor and haven't eaten every day. "

He stopped speaking for...