MayaBy the third day, my body had started to ache from the constant work Tyler had forced me to do, but I kept going because staying busy was easier than sitting alone with everything that had happened since I came to River Vale. My hands were rough from carrying feed and cleaning the animal pens, my shoulders hurt from lifting heavy buckets, and there were moments when I caught myself staring at the gates beyond the farm and wondering how different my life would have been if I had never followed Tyler here.I was gathering eggs from one of the chicken coops when I heard hurried footsteps approaching behind me, and when I turned around, I saw Willow coming toward me with Roman in her arms, his little face red from crying.“Maya, he won’t stop.”I immediately put the basket down.“What happened?”“I tried everything,” Willow explained, bouncing him gently against her shoulder. “He ate, I changed him, I rocked him, but he kept crying and reaching toward the door.”The moment Roman saw
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