I was taken into Maximus’s chambers. I tried to wriggle out of their grip but it was already useless.
“Bring that w***e here” he ordered. As soon as I got close to me, he slapped me two times and I fell to the floor. When I stood up I realized that my nose was bleeding.
“You are becoming a thorn in my flesh, and I will do away with you one day,” he growled. This time Maximus grabbed me and shoved me to the corner of his room.
There he tied me up to a chair in his room. For days I had no food or water. One morning before Maximus left for a meeting, he walked to my corner and stooped to my level. Immediately I shut my eyes tighter.
“Open your eyes he said. I ignored him. My eyes are still closed.
“I know you are not sleeping.” He said. “People who sleep do not have their eyelids shaking
