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CHAPTER FIFTY
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2024-10-29 19:42:56ZOEY
The first two days after Ivan dropped me off in this dimly lit room, I haven't seen or heard from him. The air was stale, and the silence was deafening. Two different ladies, guards I guessed, brought me tasteless meals at odd intervals, and occasionally, they'd leave a bottle of water.
At least I was no longer bound to that damn chair. I could move around freely in this small, windowless space, but freedom felt like an illusion. The walls seemed to close in on me, suffocating me with their cold, unyielding presence.
I paced the room, tracing every inch of its confines. I knocked on the walls, hoping for a hollow sound that might indicate a hidden door. I even checked under the rickety bed, half-expecting to find a secret passage. But, as luck would have it, this wasn't some escape room game. There was no way out that I could see.
The food they provided tasted like cardboard, and the water had a metallic tang. Still, I forced myself
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