Chapter Thirteen
For days, Mariel languished in her cell alone and unattended, except for the gruel, which was passed into her cell through a small hole in the corner. The can she used for a toilet was changed daily. Otherwise, she was left by herself for at least ten days until she was rudely jerked from the empty nothingness into a savage initiation.
Her body reeked and her tattered sarong was almost useless when she was led by the nose ring from her cell into another part of the prison. On orders, she stood in a tub of cold water and washed herself before Percy and four other men, who all watched with contempt and fascination. Once she was clean, she was ordered to pee for the men as she stood in the dirty water. She struggled unable to obey the order. Her bladder was not full and h
