Chapter 68. Unexpected

I curled around myself on the bed, desperate for any form of warmth I could find. It was raining heavily outside, and there was nothing to shield me from the onslaught of cold air that blasted through the windows.

The windows were closed, but they had a crack, so air still managed to find its way into the room. The room was so cold, so there was no escaping the cold, no matter how hard I tried and thus I was at the desperate mercy of the harsh weather.

My teeth clattered against each other in the cold, and I was shivering so badly. I knew there was no preventing the fever I would get tomorrow.

I had lost count of how many days I had been here. My faith in Atticus finding me has dwindled so low, it sat at about 0.1 per cent. The living conditions here were terrible, and even the workers at home didn’t live like this.

I had been reduced to an animal. My body, especially my legs, hurt from having to sit down or lie down since I was brought here. I was only relea