Chapter 31 - I love him.

I didn’t have to wait for Lesley to let me know that it was over. I could hear it from the movement in the passages outside of my room. I almost wished I had been there, but seeing someone experience what I went through was too much. It was bad enough that I went through it myself. The second Lesley walked into my room, I wanted to know how the old king was doing and if he was okay.

The man was a lot older than I was and I couldn’t imagine him surviving what I had, but according to Lesley, he didn’t even cry out. Well, I didn’t cry out most of the time, so it couldn’t have been that bad, could it? I honestly couldn’t imagine Lorenzo allowing anybody to whip his father to the full extent to which I had been whipped.

Unfortunately, Lesley had a lot more to tell and by the time she was done, I was actually feeling nauseous. At least, it was over. We could all move forward from here. The slaves could be freed and no one would ever have to go through that again. Which made her think about