Chapter 120

IZZY POV

I looked at the closed door in shock.  I immediately went to the bed and stripped the bottom sheet off from the mattress, wrapping it around me and tucking in the corners.  I felt better and not as exposed. 

I had a decision to make.  I could continue to be defiant, or I could eat the food that was brought to me.  I hadn’t eaten in a few days and only a little bit.  I was past the point where my body was hungry.

But then I felt movement in my belly again.  I touched my lower abdomen and remembered that I needed to make the best decisions I could for the four of us.  And right now, that was eating.

Cornelius was as good as his word.  Ten minutes after he had left with the blanket, he returned.  I was sitting on the bare mattress, cross legged, drinking the tea and picking at the frittata that was on the plate.  I was having a hard time eating it quickly; my stomach had shrunk and it was