Marilyn
I lay motionless on the thin mattress, my body feeling frailer with every passing day. Just a few days in this place had turned me into a shadow of myself. The only human contact I got was when a guard brought food once a day. They never spoke. They simply dropped the tray and left.
I heard footsteps approaching again. Probably the guard with today’s meal, I thought dully. I didn’t bother moving or speaking. They would just leave the food and go, like always.
But then a voice broke the silence, a voice I never expected to hear here.
“I see you were caged in here.”
My eyes flew open. I sat up so fast that my head spun, my heart hammering wildly in my chest. I turned toward the door, hardly daring to believe it.
It was Jax.
How did he know I was here? Did he plan this with Ida
