Chapter 51

• I had the bathroom in my sights. Any moment now I was going to run and throw up, though I don't know what since I hadn't eaten anything today.
• "Did she see us?" He nodded but didn't look at me.
• "When everyone went to sleep, she returned to my room and beat me. It was only a beating I could endure because I was used to it, but with the last blow, my head hit the edge of the bed. Leaving me unconscious. When I woke up, you were gone and my aunt acted as if nothing happened."