A Year of Punishment
He looked like a broken patient, completely stripped of the cold commanding presence he had exuded as a Don at the club earlier.
For a fleeting moment, I remembered the man he used to be before his farce. He was as proud as a wild eagle, arrogant and unrestrained.
Yet now, to punish me, he was willing to humiliate himself this way.
I walked over silently and lifted his wheelchair before kneeling to wipe his face and hands clean.
These practiced motions had become muscle memory, almost instinctive, for I had done them for the past whole year.
Suddenly, he grabbed my wrist with startling strength.