Maddie I've been inside this stupid bedroom for eight days. I think... The days and nights were agonizingly long and awful. I felt alone. I felt humiliated. I felt left out from life itself. A kind young woman would come to my room at least three times a day with food and water. Sometimes she would come to clean a little, change the sheets or even leave some fresh towels. Even though she was some kind of company, I still felt alone. She never spoke to me and I'd gotten used to her silence only acknowledging her presence when she either entered or left my bedroom. I had given up on trying to make her speak to me. I had embraced my new way of life. Jason came to see me every other day, making sure I still ate and was fit and healthy. He was the only one speaking with me, but only on his

