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Are they hungry as well? Were they also hurt by the red woman?

I don’t kno much ti enough thatnon-stop for what feels like hours

If I don’t eat soon, I won't have the strength to open my eyes, let alone stand up and search for a way out

Mu for me

She becomes sad when I'm not with her, and I hate it when Mum is sad

The door squeaks as it cracks open I jerk up and flinch when the hard stone wall cuts into my bruised back, but that’s the least of my worries

The red woman is back

The chain lies all around y I have left I knoon’t co my skin, but it’s all I can do

If I don’t get out of this, the red woain

She’ll beat me

She’ll make my skin burn

Soft light appears in the otherwise dark roo me I squint as the echo of footsteps comes closer

There’s no clicking of the red woh heels

My breathing slon a notch and rip loosens from around the cuff

With the light between us, a peaceful face comes into viehite halo surrounds her, complete with her white cotton dress and bunny shoes

An angel