5
Daniela
I’m restless and wary after putting Laura to bed. She likes me and I like her—I think we’re off to a great start. I got her to eat, bathe, and take her vitamin with little help from Gina, who commented on my success with her before leaving. But I still can’t shake the feeling that something is wrong.
The feeling only intensifies once I return to my room. In this big, unfamiliar space, however comfortable, I feel weirdly vulnerable. I know that part of it has to be the fact that I’m in a mob family’s mansion, but … there’s more to it.
I walk over to my bag and dig into the bottom, pulling out my small box of tampons. The security guy searched my bag but didn’t fish inside of it. I don’t know what they would think about my hiding my dad’s old folding knife among my things, but
