Chapter 109

As usual we went to the beach after lunch. The keepers automatically stripped me, since I usually swam. That was when I realized I still had my old owner’s mark on my stomach. I sat in the shallow water and started to pull the hair out one at a time.

The keepers stopped me from proceeding with that. They took me back to the room in the compound and strapped me to the wall. Self-harm was looked on as fighting at the keepers. I was not permitted to harm myself.

Strapped to the wall I considered my life. I had promised myself I would make the best of this. Sure this new turn was bad, but I only had two options. I still didn’t want to die. Time for mourning was over, I decided, I would make the best of this.

When the men came and got me, they didn’t ask why I was strapped to the wall. They took me back to their home, which was on the fourth floor. They fed me dinner and walked me down to the pool.

Oddly, they didn’t undress me. They left me to sit in their alcove