Chapter 16: The Torturous Villainess

I spent the night in

prison, with no food, and no water. I wonder how my baby is doing. Is Hema taking care

of him? Will Sidd come to my rescue? What if he doesn’t show up? Who would bail

me out when I told Hema not to come look for me? Dear God, please save me from

this. Water splashed on my face and I gasped, opening my eyes to see a woman

glaring at me with a cup in her hand. It was morning already. I didn’t see her

throughout yesterday, is she just resuming? I scrambled up from the floor.

“You should have just

woken me up, ma’am, not with water, okay?” I said boldly. She let the cup fall

from her hand and left her five fingers on my cheek. My head whipped aside and

my eyes turned red instantly. I gradually returned my face to her. She had her

jaw clenched, ready to unleash another terrible punishment on me. I drew back

from her. She yanked at my hair, pulling me closer to her. This lady should

thank her stars she’s a cop. I won’t tolerate just anyone mistreating me like

this.

“You