No Strings Attached

Left to fend for herself in this godforsaken place, Leonora knew she couldn't let things continue this way.

Just then, she felt something being poured over her head.

Curious, she tilted her head back, catching a woman in the act of emptying a basin over her.

Leonora, who had always lived a life of privilege, had never experienced such indignity.

She sprang up and charged at the woman, with teeth clenched in rage. "What the hell did you just dump on me?"

The woman burst into raucous laughter. "Take a whiff. You'll figure it out."

It was then that Leonora noticed the foul, rancid odor invading her nostrils. She instantly realized what the liquid was. Furious, she raised her hand to strike the woman.

But her hand was only halfway up when it was abruptly seized, and a thudding blow came crashing down on her head.

A chair smashed over her, sending her world into a dizzying spin.

That was followed by a flurry of punches and kicks.

After a brutal half-hour beating, Leonora was left nearly dead.

the severity of the words Heidi had once said to her

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and stumbled onto

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as she remembered. Gone was her porcelain skin. Her eyes lacked their usual sparkle, and

a close look, she was

welled up in

crawled over to Heidi, sobbing, "Heidi, how are you holding

a demon, kicking Leonora away as she swore

"Heidi, it's me, Leonora. Don't you

here! I don't know you. Get any closer, and

were as harsh as the pain

hoped that Leonora would be her savior, but now it was

and didn't

Heidi so cold and ruthless, Leonora felt

each other. Nobody

night, as Heidi stepped into the restroom, Leonora

Heidi could scream, her