Whole-Hearted_A Malsum Pass Novel by Kimberly Forrest

Author:Kimberly Forrest [Forrest, Kimberly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kimberly Forrest
Published: 2017-11-20T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Once the guard had pushed Connie back into her cell and locked the door behind her, she went straight to the mattress that had been flipped. She tore at it, pleading with God that they’d missed a pin. Just one pin. That was all she needed. She could work with one. It would take longer, but it was doable. Please! Let there be one.

By the time she was done, the mattress was shredded and all hope was lost. Sitting in a pile of stuffing and torn fabric, she cried; racking sobs that shook her frame.

She had no more hope. She couldn’t do this. How had she thought she’d be able to save herself much less the other women held captive? Why had she thought she was capable of overpowering a guard, releasing the others, and stealing a laptop for Daisy? She wasn’t a hero. She wasn’t some ninja. She was a hairdresser and the town joke. Before she had been taken she’d never even thrown a punch in her life – she was a punchline. All her doubts, insecurities, and past humiliations came crashing down on her in a montage of This is Your Sucky Life, Constance Tully.

She didn’t know how long she had laid there feeling sorry for herself, but her tears had dried and her head was pounding. She was also disgusted. Had she really thought her life was so terrible before this? Oh boo hoo, everyone is so mean to poor Connie. What a naïve fool she had been. She snorted as she remembered how desperate she had been to get out of that town. How her life would be so much better if it wasn’t for Malsum Pass and now she’d give anything to get back there.

Connie stiffened her spine as anger settled into her bones and raced through her blood. It felt good, and so much more useful than despair. She was going to figure out a way to get back home. She was done being a doormat. Everyone had been walking on her for as long as she could remember. And why? Because she had let them. She had let her mother dictate her future. She had let the town’s opinion dictate her self-worth as well as her love life. An image of Jacob filled her head. Strong, handsome Jacob with his lips turned down in a frown as he said “if you truly thought I was worth it, you’d find the strength”. What she wouldn’t give to see him again. She’d tell him exactly how stupid she had been, how much she wanted to give them a shot, and that she would fight for him, because he was worth it. They were worth it.

He’d been so right. She hadn’t fought. She hadn’t even tried. She’d just buried her head and felt sorry for herself. Well, she was done rolling over. She would stop with the constant pity party and start using her head. She would get out of here. She would go home.

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