foot to slide the burger towards her . She tore off the wrapper with one hand and shoved it in her mouth while he opened the baggie . “ Now the movie . Methamphetamine fresh off the press .” He held out the pipe , lit it and she eagerly inhaled . He smiled . “ You ’ ve changed so much .” She rocked back and forth whispering to herself and he gently touched her hair . “ Before you screamed , now you whisper for the master to provide .” He looked over at me . “ I feed her hunger to be gutted and her thirst to be cooked . I will do the same for you .” “ Let me go .” “ Not until you ’ ve changed like all the others .” The woman blew out smoke and the smell of ammonia and burning rubber filled the room . She began to laugh and waved the pipe at me , burger sauce dripping down her chin . “ See ? She wants you to change like her .” “ I . Am not . Smoking that . Shit .” Every word felt dry like sand , and I sucked the saliva from my cheeks .
He knelt down , took off the woman ’ s shoes and unlocked the chains . “ That ’ s what they all say at first .” I held my breath for an attack , a lunge , if she could just take him down then we could escape . But once unlocked she just stood up and panted , her eyes darting around the room , shoulder twitching towards her ear . They walked together towards the door . “ Where are you taking her ?” The wrinkles I had foolishly trusted gathered around his cheeks in a disturbing smile . “ To her new
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