The truth was, that man had hurt me, both physically and in ways that words can’t fully describe. I felt hollow, like an empty shell that had no value anymore.
“I hate this for you,” Ria said, her voice trembling. “I hate what they do to all of us, but we all have no choice. No one has ever tried to escape from Briggs and most of us do it just to survive.” Her words pierced deeply into my heart and I feared for lay ahead of me, what Briggs would use me for.
“You need to clean yourself up and get some rest now,” she said, turning towards the wardrobe to bring out new clothes. “Tomorrow is another day."
She lay it on the beside me and walked slowly towards the door, “you’ll make it out of here someday. I believe it,” those were her final words before she left and shut the door.
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