Unanswered Questions

The wind is howling outside and the light inside Lina’s room has been out for a while now. The electricity must have been cut off. She wondered how far they are in the city to lose electricity because of a strong wind.

It has been two days since the light bulb in her room was changed—or so she thought. She had no idea of the time since nothing really changed inside her room. The light bulb is always on and she tried to check if she can see outside but failed. There wasn’t any crack where she could take a peek.

She was no longer tied in the bed and she took the opportunity to survey her room and that’s when she discovered that the room that she was in wasn't really a room but a container van, hence, the absence of a window and the rattling that she always hears whenever there was a strong wind.

She had already stopped trying to talk to someone because no one ever answered her even though the man who brought her food and the water that had