ORTENSIA I felt someone join me into the pool and drag me out, but I struggle… it's useless because it's Vito. I'm already out of the pool, lying on the cold ground, and I snap at him, "I can't f*****g swim anymore? Is it a crime as well to you?" He scoffs at my words. "Are you so tired of life that you want to kill yourself, doll?" he asks, his voice laced with a twisted curiosity. What? Does he really think I want to commit suicide by drowning? But before I can even open my mouth to defend myself, he continues, "Not like I care, but I won't let you die so easily. Where's the fun in that? You have to suffer first before dying, doll." I can't believe him. He wants me to suffer. That's why he did what he did earlier, trying to have s*x with me. My virginity has saved me tonight. I know I

