MAYA

Being treated like this was a first. If someone had told me I’d be branded as a thief and framed, a laugh would have been the only response. But this was my reality now.

The shock was so sudden my brain could barely keep up as everything felt like it was happening in fast-forward. While my mind remained stuck back in the room, my body was being dragged down the hall. One minute my eyes were closing for an afternoon nap, and the next, the door was being forced open.

The guards hadn't given me a second to grab my slippers, and they certainly didn't care about my side...