A Little Hospitality

Venessa's POV

I cried and soon I heard a scratching noise. I raised up my head in surprise and looked around. The sun was out and I could see my prison quite well now. The sound came again and I turned my head to the far right of the dungeon. It was a rat trying to scale the wall.

It was injured but was trying to escape the hell hole it was in. I watched it and was inspired to get myself out of this disgusting place. I wasn't going to die in a dark, damp cell with my baby. I looked around me but all I saw was the bone that lay in the corner. It was all I had.

I picked it up and banged the cage with it but my efforts were futile. It was locked. I looked at the padlock and put one and two together. I hit the bone in the floor and it broke into many sharp pieces. I scrambled to the floor looking for one of perfect size; then I found it.

I picked it up and examined it and looked at the lock. I had lived with my cruel dad for a while and picking locks and escaping the locked rooms h