Chapter 93 – Locked Away

• I don’t know how long I’m in the cooler, not really. I cried for hours, I know, and then somehow fell asleep – or went unconscious. I don’t really know what the best word is for that state. Just…out. Not in the world anymore.
• But I’m ripped back into it the moment I hear the jangling of my padlock. My eyes go wide, and then I gasp at the bright light that floods into the cooler when the lid is lifted off of me. I flinch, and shout, trying to cover my face with my hands.
• There’s no time, though, before Bruno grabs me by the arm, hauling me up and then over his shoulder. “Time to get up, little girl,” he growls, cruel. “Time for another little chat.”