Chapter 20

Cali

The pain in my shoulders had gotten worse in the hours I had been folded up awkwardly inside the cage, I had tried shifting into several positions but each one just caused pain in a different part of my body. The throbbing in my head had receded and the bleeding had stopped, finally, although I expected I looked a state, I had had to wipe blood out of my eyes several times before it stopped.

I had finally gotten my opportunity to put my plan into action about two hours after I woke up when a guard came in with a small plastic cup of water for each of us. My mouth was parched, and I swallowed the water in one gulp, instantly wishing for more, but I had no doubt that asking for it would do nothing but piss off the giant of a man that had brought the cup in.

He was dressed in threadbare clothing and his face and arms were littered with scars that did nothing to detract from the dangerous aura he gave off, although I