32. Tonight

We watch anxiously as the footstep comes closer, not knowing what else to do. Alma closes her eyes, it is obvious that she has accepted her fate and is ready for the outcome. A guard with a heavily built stature enters, his face looking grim.

“Dash! You scared me!” Alma exclaims after his face is revealed.

I look at Alma in confusion, did she know who he is?

“Alma, I was beginning to get worried. You took so long in there and my partner will soon return, are you not done yet?” Dash asks.

I sigh in relief at learning that he is Alma’s boyfriend and the one who let her in.

“I’m sorry, I just finished talking with her now,” Alma says.

“We have to go and get ready for the escape plan tomorrow night. Cora, please be strong, Alma and I will return tomorrow night to help you escape,” he assured me.

“I’ll be waiting,” I say.

Alma stuffs more herb inside my mouth, she also applied some on the open cuts. The pains sting but I simply endure the pains.

“This will help you feel better by the time