Veronika was in her room,
looking back at the old writings in her wall, remembering that day…
Five years ago, she was in
her school taking classes and having, what it seemed, a pretty normal day.
When
she was heading home, she felt someone was following her from behind but she
didn’t pay much attention to that, after a while she started to feel uncomfortable
and began walking a little faster; sadly she didn’t make it home that
afternoon.
She woke up feeling dizzy
and had a really painful headache, she was in a little corner all tied up. She
suddenly heard a really loud thud in the other corner of the dark room she was
in. In a matter of seconds a figure was standing right in front of her, she
realized it was a very tall man that all of a sudden was yelling at her.
The man left, some hours
passed, Veronica was starving and her cheeks were wet because of how much she cried that night. Hours after
she woke up to cold water hitting her face, “ Is this man again?” she wondered,
scared of what he would do to her she closed her eyes.
When this guy approached her
face with an extremely sharp knife, cutting a little bit of her cheek, Veronika
was holding her screams in pain as much as she could, but when she felt a very
sharp and stinging pain in her left upper arm she couldn't hold back anymore,
she tried to scream for help, but it was useless, the room was in a very lonely
zone and the only places that were nearby were all bushes or forests.
This went through by days, then it
transformed into months everyday the torture she was receiving was getting
worst and even more painful, if that wasn't enough she was really weak mentally
and physically.
At first she had the obvious
thought of escaping that dark and awful place but she started to
Veronika decides to tell
this guy about her feelings, for this guy having her under his ”control” was
the best thing that could happen to him...“Honey!!” - she heard bringing her
back to reality.
By Nashla Puerta, Step 8.
