Chapter Thirty-Nine (Isla)

I set the bag down on the dresser and looked inside. There was bottled water, prepackaged snacks, and sandwiches. Anders' solution to me not eating was to have someone go buy food that hadn’t been tampered with. Was there a gas station around here? I was surprised by the kind gesture.

Seeing a pizza sub in the bag, I opened it and devoured it. I was hungry. I downed two bottles of water as well as eating some of the snacks. Full and as comfortable as I could be with a chain around my leg… again. I readied for bed, brushing my teeth and hair and, to my surprise, finding clothes in the closet and dresser. Instead of finding sparse men’s clothes, I found woman’s clothes in my size. Was Anders trying to make it more comfortable for me here? I was grateful for the clothes and food and would have to thank him later. I put on a tank top and shorts and crawled into the comfortable bed, falling asleep in minutes.

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I was back in the c