Chapter Seventy-Six

I wondered what they gained from making me uncomfortable not minding the situation that I have found myself in. I wondered how things would turn out in the next few days now that I have been caught.

I instinctively knew that their punishment was going to be very bad. But I knew I had to endure the whole thing until I was rescued from this horrible cave. After making fun of me, the men began to walk out of the room once they began hearing footsteps. I knew it was Mateo but actually he did not come anywhere near the room.

I sat there in the darkness and the silence staring at the place of food on the floor. They had tied my hand just to make sure I ate in the most degrading way possible.

My heart was filled with hatred and anger as I sat there staring at the untouched food before me. The aroma alone seemed to be mocking my predicament, and even though I was hungry I didn't have any kind of appetite because my heart was very heavy with lots of thoughts and fears.

I wondered how I was