Chapter 47

Eva

Once inside the apartment, I looked around and saw as much filth as there was outside.

The scarred man practically pushed me into a bedroom with a single bed and a single chair propped against the wall. He stood at the door to block the exit and said, “You wait here. Do so quietly because I’m not very patient.”

“Why am I here?” I asked in a small voice. I couldn’t find it in me to yell. I was so scared that I could barely find my voice. Also, there was the fear that I’d let go of the front of my dress and expose my breasts. It was a truly awful situation. “What do you want from me?”

“You’ll be told everything in due time. He’s coming in a few minutes. Sit down and wait. Don’t make any noise. It’ll only make me gag you, and you don’t want that.”

The door was closed abruptly in my face. I looked around the room and despair hit me like a punch to the throat. The room had no window, so I couldn’t peer out of one to take a look at my surroundings. This room was perhaps the cleanest p