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The nightmare was over and I suddenly woke up. The first person who came to comfort me wasn’t Hazel. Instead, it was Callum.”
He caught a glimpse of me, who looked too scared about something, with sweat dripping from my forehead to my cheeks. He somewhat panicked. He held my arms and tried to comfort me the best he could.
“Vera, it’s okay,” Callum whispered.
He patted my back, which made me stare at him with a blank expression. It was as if I was looking at a stranger, not at the person I used to know.
I struggled to break free, but he held my hand tightly and wouldn’t let go.”
Callum hesitated and said, “Vera, I know you have suffered a lot in the past three years.”
After he had told me that, he took my hand and only then did he notice that it was covered in frostbite and poorly swollen.
“I just asked Floyd about it and could conclude that the rules within the army are indeed too strict. You are a woman and I was indeed negligent in arranging it this way,” Callum said, somewhat regretful about it.
didn’t know what to say, so I lowered my eyes, still stunned. At least I still broke free from his grasp. I got the courage to say, “It’s my fault. You don’t need to blame yourself.”
Before I could continue adding something, he interjected, “You don’t need to call yourself a servant anymore.“}]
I zipped my lips and didn’t dare to utter anything at him. In the past three years, I had been beaten countless times because I always forgot to call myself an enslaved person. I didn’t know who to blame for why I had to experience all of this.
It was Henry who tortured me almost every day with a whip, saying that he had done it all because Callum said so. Everything that happened to me inside, I am aware that he knew details
And now, it seemed like he tried to pretend that he didn’t know about it.”
Ways been
Callum ignored my protest and said firmly, “Open
At least I started to get better day by day. As the days passed and Callum was out to focus That was why I called for Hazel and let her walk with
his
sese things.”
army duty, I felt restless staying indoors. me outside to breathe fresh air.
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