( 2:13. definitely in the morning, she remembers being taken at 5:00 pm the prior evening, which meant she’d been here for nine hours already. nine hours with the man who stank of cheap vodka and cigarettes, who backhanded her with a hand as big as a dinner plate. he’d split her lip, he’d threatened to do worse —
and now — what? they’ve sent in this man as the foil, the one to make her think that she’s going to be fine if she just tells them what they want to hear? it’s a cheap trick, an old one. the first trick she’d been taught in the red room at, what? age six? )
I would but — ( she raises her wrists, shakes the handcuffs that knock at the back of the metal chair they’ve put her in. her shoulders ache from the movement, circulation long since cut off to her fingers. ) You’ll excuse my rudeness?
(uncuff me, the unspoken ask. i’ll share your stupid fucking cigarette, if you just uncuff me.)
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and now — what? they’ve sent in this man as the foil, the one to make her think that she’s going to be fine if she just tells them what they want to hear? it’s a cheap trick, an old one. the first trick she’d been taught in the red room at, what? age six? )
I would but — ( she raises her wrists, shakes the handcuffs that knock at the back of the metal chair they’ve put her in. her shoulders ache from the movement, circulation long since cut off to her fingers. ) You’ll excuse my rudeness?
( uncuff me, the unspoken ask. i’ll share your stupid fucking cigarette, if you just uncuff me. )