CHAPTER 57

I felt as if my bones would pierce through my skin. No part of me did not ache, lips dry with my tongue darting out to wet them yet even that was not enough. I did not even have the strength to pull the robe that had sagged down, just an inch and my nipple would show.

Silence echoed, the chanting voices carried away leaving the silence that echoed so loudly in my head. I wish I could say it was peaceful but it was far from that. I could not tell you what I was thinking or what I had been thinking all day long. A day would come now and again, whispering for me to stand up and take my shower for the day but slowly drifting away and leaving me curled where I was.

My brain was convinced I would not be able to walk, my body falling into that trap with me just lying there. Even sleep ran from me, just blinking all through the hours with my eyes red, wet and sore from the abuse. My head pound hard, pounding from hunger, leaving my face feeling as if it would melt away.

Two days it had been