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And getting up, she starts washing the dishes

I spend the next two days alternating between speculating about Maria and worrying about Julian’s return

Who is she? Someone who looks a lot like er sister, Beth said How old is this girl? Who is she to Julian? The questions gnaw atwith my sleep He took me because of my resemblance to her--that much is obvious to htmares?

I want to knoant to understand, yet I’m afraid of Julian’s reaction when he returns and finds out that I snooped I could try to explain that I learned all of this accidentally, that I didn’t ly suspecttype

Beth doesn’t tellelse about Maria In fact, she doesn’t talk to me much at all She’s one of those rare individuals who seeo crazy being stuck here on this island, doing nothing but cooking, cleaning, and looking after Julian’s sex toy, but she seems perfectly fine with it

I, on the other hand, a aboutmy family and friends They probably think I’ search for me, but I doubt it yielded any results

I also think about Jake, wondering if he recovered fro had done to hiot attacked in his house because ofa deep breath, I tell myself that it doesn’t matter if he knows or not Whatever Jake and I could’ve had together is over I belong to Julian now, and there’s no point in thinking about any other irls end up in far worse circumstances than me I once saw a docues of those hollow-eyed women had haunted me for days They’d seemed broken, completely and utterly crushed by whatever had been done to them, and even the fact that they’d been rescued didn’t see etched into their faces

My captivity is different It’sto break rateful for that I s could definitely be much worse

Or so I tellthat Julian’s reaction towon’t be as bad as I fear

Chapter 14

Julian co lightly because I wake up as soon as I hear the quiet murmur of conversation downstairs My captor’s deeper tones are interspersed with Beth’ssuspicion I knohat they’re talking about