Chapter 6

Midnight Acts

Her face stretched into a frown for a minute before going back to normal. "Your mother, if alive, would have answered that question but then I slaughtered her like a goat," she laughed. "And you know the sweetest part? She was used brutally by some of the men you will remember soon when they start what they did to you before."

"Stop!" I screamed but she laughed.

"We are just beginning, baby girl. You will only come out of this jail if you testify that you did all you're accused of. I know you will no matter how stubborn you think you are," she scoffed and blew her gum.

"I'll rather die than testify to what I didn't do!" I fired back at her.

"We will see then," she sneered and stood up. "And oh baby girl, I know you will be so hungry. Luckily for you, I need you alive till you testify. So your food will soon be here but I pity you when you don't testify soonest."

Tears flowed freely from my eyes and my heart shattered more. "I don't n