Chapter 11 A Dangerous Proposition

• Only a couple of days have passed since my failed escape attempt landed me back in the cell room. Time stretches endlessly, leaving me with nothing but my thoughts. Ironically, my mind fixates on a single, haunting question:
• What if this is it?
• I’ve spent hours contemplating Efrem’s motives. Isaak’s words that night have planted seeds of doubt about my initial assumptions. If Efrem truly wanted me dead, why go through the trouble of saving my life? Everything except my own actions seems to make sense now.