Tangled
Chapter 242
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242 Lisa: Waking in Comfort
LISA
Waking up in a bed is too comfortable.
My brain wants to wake, but my body wants to keep sleeping.
If this comfort is little more than an elaborate trap before I'm murdered, just take me away. At least I'll be going in bliss.
A sharp poke in my side jolts me from my half-asleep musings. I crack open an eye, squinting against the sudden brightness. A face swims into view, so close I can count every wrinkle etched into leathery skin.
"Up! Up, you lazy girl!"
The voice is shrill, grating against my eardrums. I blink,
40 focus on the owner of that
voice. It's a woman, impossibly small, with a nose so red it could guide Santa's sleigh.
I open my mouth to speak, but my tongue feels like sandpaper. Before I can form words, a stinging slap lands on my calf. The pain is sharp, unexpected, and I jerk away, nearly tumbling off
the bed.
"Ow! What the-"
"No time for your nonsense," the tiny woman interrupts, waving a hand in front of my face. Her fingers are gnarled, reminding me of tree roots. "You stink. Shower. Now"
I sit up, head spinning. The room tilts and sways around me. Where am I? How did I get here? The last thing I remember is... Darkness, Cold. A strange man who brought me out of my personal hell. The tiny woman's groan snaps me back to the present. "Look at this mess. Filthy! You've ruined
the sheets."
I glance down at the bed. The once-white linens are stained with dirt and... is that blood? My
of my wrists, raw
She tugs at my arm by the elbow, her strength surprising for someone so
recognize-a simple white night dress that is several sizes too big, soft
they stick in my throat. There's
much time in fear that it almost
serious therapy, if this
murder me.
Waking in
reach a door, and she pushes it open, revealing a bathroom.
can protest, she shoves me inside and slams
staring at my reflection in the mirror. My face is pale, eyes wide with confusion and fear. Dark circles
watched my fingers grow to little more than bony sticks, but
God.
a skeleton with some
Horrible.
hell is happening?" I whisper to my
no answers. She
wants to march over and slam
promise of hot water, of washing away the grime I can feel coating my skin, and the
map of bruises and scrapes. Some look fresh, angry red against my
victim, it wasn't technically all that bad, I
various painful ways. And when it wasn't escape attempts, it was me
wrists
whimpering as the hot water hits my battered skin. But the pain fades, replaced
cascades over me with a sense of peace and cleanliness
the ledge is the first thing I grab, rubbing it all over me
at my
if I could wash away the memories along with the dirt. By
pink and raw,
even sure it's possible to brush it out. Still, I take my time washing it with shampoo and conditioner, leaving in a layer of conditioner in hopes
Waking
brushing out
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