What do I do now? Where are they?
I kept on lying on the ground trying to gather all my strength to stand up.
I'm sure there's stuff in here I can use to get out of this. My world is spinning and my head is still bleeding which means I've not been here for too long. I've probably been kept here for a few minutes.
I was startled by a door being unlocked atop the stairs of the basement. Someone's coming.
I decided to pretend that I'm asleep with one of my eyes slightly open.
A woman wearing a long nightgown descends the stairs, holding a gas lamp. She walks slowly towards my candle and replaces it with a new one.
She then turns to me and kneels, placing the gas lamp near my face. She looks at my head and dabs it with one of her sleeves to wipe off the blood. It stung a little but
