It was the next morning and Amanda woke up with a sharp pain at the back of her head.
She had been in the hospital since last night, and she had no idea how she had managed to get out of that room.
Laying on the hospital bed, she looked at her surroundings with dull eyes.
Her body was aching from the previous night and the effects of the drugs were now starting to wear off.
She tried standing up from the bed, but she felt no sensation in her legs. For a second, it felt like they didn't belong to her in the first place.
The bruises were worse than she’d imagined.
Hours later, she was carried into the Evans family meeting by one of the household staff because she couldn’t even manage to stand.
Great-Grandfather sat at the head of the table as he thought about the best way to handle t
