Seven Years
I ran through a forest, then a crop field, then a highway.
"I slept in the wild, ate leaves, and drank rainwater. If I was lucky, I'd come across a garbage dump and eat some food that went bad.
"And so, after walking for days and nights, I came back to you. But you said to me I was dirty.
"Funny."
Jeffrey could no longer support himself and knelt on the ground. His eyes were extremely red, looking at me. He was in pain, "Audrey, I'm sorry. I had no idea what you had been through. No one referred to the ransom..."