Cherub: Guardian Angel (2012)
“Persuasion 17. PERSUASION Ethan’s cage was only lit by a couple of shafts of moonlight. As soon as it got dark the stone floor of his cell came alive with cockroaches, and once in a while he jolted at the sound of something bigger – either a rat or some weird African equivalent that he’d never heard of.
The slim girl who brought Ethan plates of rice, spiced meat and fried banana was no older than fourteen. She spoke no English, but her smile was kind and when he’d quickly drunk the water in his... jug she’d immediately gone to the tap to refill it.
In his desperate state, this small act of kindness had brought tears to Ethan’s eyes. When he heard the door of the cage block open in the middle of the night he thought that the girl had come to check on him again, but when Ethan rolled on his mattress he saw a much larger body moving in the shadows.
‘Not sleeping tonight?’ Kessie said, laughing loudly.
He held a two-litre plastic beer bottle, and was absurdly dressed in wellington boots, striped pyjama bottoms and a Hawaiian shirt.MoreLess
The slim girl who brought Ethan plates of rice, spiced meat and fried banana was no older than fourteen. She spoke no English, but her smile was kind and when he’d quickly drunk the water in his... jug she’d immediately gone to the tap to refill it.
In his desperate state, this small act of kindness had brought tears to Ethan’s eyes. When he heard the door of the cage block open in the middle of the night he thought that the girl had come to check on him again, but when Ethan rolled on his mattress he saw a much larger body moving in the shadows.
‘Not sleeping tonight?’ Kessie said, laughing loudly.
He held a two-litre plastic beer bottle, and was absurdly dressed in wellington boots, striped pyjama bottoms and a Hawaiian shirt.MoreLess
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