Lisa had spent the last five days in a haze of pain, betrayal, and unanswered questions.
Tony and Melanie.
Their names burned in her mind like acid.
Every time she closed her eyes, flashes of the arrest replayed—Alice’s strange silence, the cold metal cuffs, the harsh slam of the cell door.
Her heart whispered questions she was too afraid to say out loud.
Had Alice betrayed her, too?
Lisa clenched her fists as she stood in front of the hospital shower. The mirror reflected her pale face, hollow cheeks, and tangled hair. She barely recognized herself.
Five days.
Five days without a shower, locked in that filthy cell. Her skin crawled just thinking about it.
She turned on the warm water and stepped under the stream. The droplets hit her skin like soft needles, massaging away the kno
