“Or it might have been the cold. Or her thirst. As she had no way of telling the time she had no means of telling how long it had been before her raging thirst had returned. They had not given her a drink before the light had gone out, so now her thirst was savage. 'Breakfast' consisted of bread and water passed through the flap. She grabbed the beaker of water, and was about to down it all at once when she remembered the jar. She finished half the glass, but her thirst was hardly quenched. She ...took the jar from its hiding place and filled it with water. It took the whole half glass. She screwed the top back on and put it in the handkerchief cradle. Her thirst was still terrible. If she took just another sip? She sat on the bed and tried to think of something else. She ate the bread and put her knees up to her chin to keep warm. She heard the key turning in the lock and Angelina entered to take her for her bath. She managed to swig a few mouthfuls of the bathwater, but on the third mouthful Angelina saw what she was doing, slapped her hand down from her mouth and shouted, 'Basta!' For the rest of the time her eyes never left Stephanie's as she cleaned herself and used the toilet.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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