With Love by Liz Lovelock

Author:Liz Lovelock [Lovelock, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2017-10-17T18:30:00+00:00

Another day alone in my cage. The sun shines brightly outside and every now and then I’ll hear the singing of birds. I wonder how far out of the city I am. My eyes fall on my dirty dress. This is the second one I’ve been dressed in, but it too is now covered in blood. My own.

What I wouldn’t give to walk around outside—to feel the heat of the sun’s rays touching my skin. My captor has placed cleaning items for the cuts on my feet by the little door which the tray of food comes through, which surprises me. When I apply the alcohol cleaner, a hiss escapes my lips. The sting shoots pain up my leg. I keep going, putting up with each stab of pain until they’re clear of grime.

With my feet now cleaned and dressed, I dig into my usual menu. I gag at the thought of eating another spoonful of the brown mush.

Just to piss him off, I throw it at the wall outside of the bars. Suck on that! Perhaps he’ll clean out this filthy cell as well.

I’ve been living in this filth for, I think, fourteen days now. Since he’s been feeding me more often, I have much more strength than I did at the start. I’m pretty sure that’s not what he did with his other girls—basically, he starved them so they couldn’t fight back. What makes me so different?

The pen and paper don’t go unnoticed either. What? Does he want another hateful letter? I’ll be happy to give him that, I think, as I smile to myself.

Today, there’s also something sweet on the tray—Twinkies. I’ve actually never had them before. Suzie has always been a home baker, and of course, my parents never allowed me them. They’d have seen them as a treat, which was something I was never allowed. Unwrapping it, I put it up to my nose, taking in the smell. It smells like a sweet cake. My mouth waters, and my taste buds tingle. I sink my teeth into it, and a groan escapes me straight away. It tastes so much better than I’d thought it would. A million times better than the mush I’ve been eating. I inhale the Twinkies so quickly that I get a small pain in my stomach. My damn stomach has been playing up since I’ve been starved, cramps even invading my sleep. Nothing I do gets rid of them.

Perhaps, I’ll throw that out at him, I think with a giggle.

I eye the bucket. The idea mulls around in my head. It sure would get his attention.

I glance up at the camera in the corner of the room. “How about a clean room? That wouldn’t go astray,” I shout, hoping that he’s most likely listening and watching. “And how about something to settle my stomach that you’ve stuffed up? While you’re at it… get me something other than this sickening mush. And I want more sweets,” I yell, placing my orders to the camera.

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