LORRAINEI closed my eyes tightly, waiting for the impact to crash against my cheek and send me to another dimension.But instead, a sinister laugh reached my ears."Are you just going to let yourself get hit?" the man in the blue shirt asked, the heels of his shoes clicking against the floor as he took one lazy step back, then another.Slowly, I opened my eyes and found him standing beside the table where a basket of fruits sat. He grabbed an apple, tossed it into the air, caught it with his other hand, and repeated the motion."Come on, do something," he mocked, a wide grin stretching across his face as he watched me remain perfectly still. "Nothing? No Incredible Hulk stunt? No hairpin to pick the lock and get yourself out of that chair?"I rolled my eyes and shifted my gaze to the reflection on the old television that still needed an antenna, letting it give me a glimpse of the glass window behind me.Freedom was just behind me.Only if I had asked Jack to teach me that lock-picki
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