Eleven
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JUST AS MONSTER had promised, the hot water was switched back on.
Lily stood beneath her first hot shower in days and tilted her head back, allowing the warm water to course through her hair and down over her body. She used the scented soap to lather her hair and skin, and wash away the grime from the last few days. She’d done her best to stay clean, but hadn’t been able to bring herself to take a freezing cold shower. As she ran her hands over her body, she marveled at the change in her shape. Her fingers ran over her hip bones, skirted the outline of ribs down her torso. She had to hold back a bark of bitter laughter. If only she’d known a little kidnapping and starvation was all it took to get rid of those love handles she’d hated for the past ten years.
She turned o
