Chapter Nine
Day Six
“Wake up, beech!”
Ernesto’s harsh command began the process of awakening, but it took him shaking her roughly to have Olivia awake enough to respond. When her eyes finally opened, she saw him standing over her with a strap in hand. For one fleeting moment she wondered where the alley was and what happened to the scampering mates who fled the scene at the first sign of trouble.
“Lazy beech!” Ernesto scornfully added to his wake-up call, then he reached down and yanked her to her feet and shoved her toward the cell door. Her head was reeling, and only as she faced the cell bars and the gleaming jungle was reality beginning to dawn. Within seconds, she put together into a disjointed whole all the fractured pieces of her consciousness. The process was nearly complete b
